Quantitative genetics of body weight, fillet weight and fillet yield in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Aquaculture

Volumn 342-343, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-124

  Gjerde, Bjarne ^a,b   Mengistu, Samuel Bekele ^b,d   Ødegård, Jørgen ^a,b   Johansen, Harry ^a   Altamirano, Danilo Soza ^c  

^a NOFIMA   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c Nicanor SA   (Nicaragua)

^d HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Fillet weight; Fillet yield; Genetic correlation; Heritability; Nile tilapia; Round weight

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CICHLID; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POND; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 84858710199     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2012.02.015     Document Type: Article

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