Genetic analysis of sexual dimorphism of body weight in broilers

Journal of Applied Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-70

  Maniatis, G ^a   Demiris, N ^a   Kranis, A ^b   Banos, G ^c   Kominakis, A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Aviagen   (United States)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Direct maternal genetic correlation; Maternal effects; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHT; BROILER; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HEREDITY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PROGENY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 84872664688     PISSN: 12341983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13353-012-0116-y     Document Type: Article

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