Genetic heterogeneity of variance in production traits of laying hens

British Poultry Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 537-540

  Wolc, A ^a   Lisowski, M ^b   Hill, W G ^c   White, I M S ^c  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKEN; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS; OOCYTE; OVIPARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLAND;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MODELS, GENETIC; OVIPARITY; OVUM; POLAND;

EID: 84857465588     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: 14661799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2011.625493     Document Type: Article

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