Selection experiments to increase the proportion of males in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) by means of temperature treatment

Aquaculture

Volumn 272, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Wessels, Stephan ^a   Hörstgen Schwark, Gabriele ^a  

^a Institute of Animal Husbandry and Genetics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Oreochromis niloticus; Selection experiments; Sex determination; Temperature responsiveness

Indexed keywords

BROOD STOCK; DIVERGENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERITABILITY; PERCIFORM; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

AFRICA; EGYPT; LAKE MANZALA; NORTH AFRICA;

CUCURBITA; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 36349023224     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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