Hybrids generated by crossing elite laying chickens exhibited heterosis for clutch and egg quality traits
Crossbreeding advantage in hybrids compared with their parents, termed heterosis, has been exhaustively exploited in chicken breeding over the last century. Reports for crossbreeding of elite laying chickens covering rearing and laying period remain infrequent. In this study, resource populations of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Poultry Science |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579120306039 |