Quantification of Japanese Quail eggshell colour by image analysis

Biological Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-105

  Sezer, Metin ^a   Tekelioglu, Oguz ^a  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Eggshell colour; Image analysis; Individual variation; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTURNIX; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; JAPANESE; LENS POWER; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 70350008299     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: 07176287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-97602009000100010     Document Type: Article

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