Genetic heterogeneity of residual variance in broiler chickens

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 617-635

  Rowe, Suzanne J ^a,c   White, Ian M S ^a   Avendaño, Santiago ^b   Hill, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Aviagen   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body weight; Broiler chickens; Environmental variance; Genetic variance; Heterogeneity of variance

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROGENEITY; POULTRY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKEN; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS; MALE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 33846231460     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: 12979686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/gse:2006025     Document Type: Article

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