Correlated responses in maternal performance following divergent selection for heat loss in mice

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 300-304

  McDonald, J M ^a   Nielsen, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Feed intake; Heat loss; Maternal performance; Mouse; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748798241     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2006.842300x     Document Type: Article

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