Results of four generations of a canalising selection for rabbit birth weight

Livestock Science

Volumn 119, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 55-62

  Garreau, H ^a   Bolet, G ^a   Larzul, C ^a   Robert Granie C ^a   Saleil, G ^a   SanCristobal, M ^a   Bodin, L ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Canalising selection; Divergent selection; Environmental variance; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 56549116381     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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