Heritability estimates and response to selection for growth of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in low-input earthen ponds

Aquaculture

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 479-486

  Charo Karisa, Harrison ^a,b   Komen, Hans ^a   Rezk, Mahmoud A ^b   Ponzoni, Raul W ^b   van Arendonk, Johan A M ^a   Bovenhuis, Henk ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Body weight; Breeding value; Heritability; Nile tilapia; Oreochromis niloticus; Selection response

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FISH; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; HERITABILITY; MANURE; SURVIVAL;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 33751070026     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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