Long-term divergent selection for 8-week body weight in chickens - A review of experiments

Acta Agriculturae Slovenica

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-138

  Terčič, Dušan ^a   Holcman, Antonija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Chickens; Correlated traits; Divergent selection; Growth; Poultry

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 58549100073     PISSN: 15819175     EISSN: 18541941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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