Late reproductive senescence in a rabbit line hyper selected for reproductive longevity, and its association with body reserves

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-223

  Theilgaard, Per ^a   Sánchez, Juan Pablo ^b   Pascual, Juan José ^a   Berg, Peer ^c   Friggens, Nic C ^c   Basegla, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body fat; Body weight; Longevity; Rabbit females; Reproductive performance

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; LAGOMORPH; LONGEVITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SELECTION; SENESCENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; LACTATION; LONGEVITY; MALE; METABOLISM; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RABBIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; LACTATION; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LONGEVITY; MALE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RABBITS; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 34247531432     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: 12979686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/gse:2006043     Document Type: Article

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