The effect of fast created inbreeding on litter size and body weights in mice

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 523-537

  Holt, Marte ^a,b   Meuwissen, Theo ^a   Vangen, Odd ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body weight; Fast inbreeding; Inbreeding depression; Litter size; Mouse

Indexed keywords

INBREEDING; LITTER SIZE; RODENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; INBREEDING; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; INBREEDING; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 24944458089     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/gse:2005014     Document Type: Article

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