Heritability of cortisol response to confinement stress in European sea bass <it>dicentrarchus labrax</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In fish, the most studied production traits in terms of heritability are body weight or growth, stress or disease resistance, while heritability of cortisol levels, widely used as a measure of response to stress, is less studied. In...

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Main Authors: Volckaert Filip AM, Hellemans Bart, Batargias Costas, Louro Bruno, Massault Cécile, Van Houdt Jeroen KJ, Haley Chris, de Koning Dirk-Jan, Canario Adelino VM
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: BMC 2012-06-01
Series:Genetics Selection Evolution
Online Access:http://www.gsejournal.org/content/44/1/15