Response to selection for harvest body weight of Oreochromis shiranus

Aquaculture

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-41

  Maluwa, Alfred Ochanza ^a   Gjerde, Bjarne ^b  

^a National Aquaculture Centre   (Malawi)

^b NOFIMA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breeding values; Harvest body weight; Heritability; Oreochromis shiranus; Realised and predicted genetic gain; Selection intensity

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; HERITABILITY; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; SELECTION; SURVIVAL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

OREOCHROMIS SHIRANUS;

EID: 36248958208     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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