Estimation of heritability for fluctuating asymmetry in chickens by restricted maximum likelihood. Effects of age and sex

Poultry Science

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1689-1697

  Campo, J L ^a   Gil, M G ^a   Davila S G ^a   Munoz I ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Chicken; Fluctuating asymmetry; Heritability; Sex effect

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PHASIANIDAE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COMB; FEATHER; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COMB AND WATTLES; FEATHERS; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WING;

EID: 33645898631     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/84.11.1689     Document Type: Article

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