Selection for Body Weight in Chickens: Resource Allocations and Scaling

Evaluated were correlated responses to 54-generations of divergent selection for 8-week body weight (BW) and of BW at other ages and reproductive traits. Evaluated first was the influence of scaling on phenotypic responses to selection, phenotypic correlations of means and standard deviations, and u...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jambui, Michelle
Other Authors: Animal and Poultry Sciences
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/80905