Article
Genetic distances estimated from DNA fingerprints in crosses of white Plymouth Rock chickens.
Animal genetics - 1 Jan 1992
Haberfeld A, Dunnington E A, Siegel P B
Abstract excerpt
Crosses were produced between two lines of White Plymouth Rock chickens, one of which had been selected for low 8-week body weight for 31 generations (L) and the other of which was a bantam population (B). The parental lines, reciprocal F1s, reciprocal F2s and all possible back-crosses to each parental line (total of 16 populations) were available for study. Blood was obtained from 10 females within each...
Topics
- Animals
- Chickens
- Crosses, Genetic
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Male
- Regression Analysis
