Correlated responses to long-term selection for clutch length in dwarf brown-egg layers carrying or not carrying the naked neck gene

Poultry Science

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 709-720

  Chen, C F ^a,b   Tixier Boichard, M ^a  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Clutch length; Correlated response; Dwarf layer; Genetic parameter; Naked neck gene

Indexed keywords

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EID: 2342633698     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/82.5.709     Document Type: Article

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