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Heritabilities and genetic correlations of laying performance in Muscovy ducks selected in Taiwan.
British poultry science - 1 Apr 2004
Hu Y H, Poivey J P, Rouvier R, Liu S C, Tai C
Abstract excerpt
1. Genetic parameters in the base population of a closed experimental strain of Muscovy ducks, selected for body weight at 10 weeks of age, were estimated from data in 8 successive generations, for the following traits: age at first egg (AGE1EGG), total number of eggs laid at 40 and 52 weeks of age (NEGG40 and NEGG52), number of eggs laid during 15 and 22 weeks in the first laying cycle (NEGG15W and NEGG22W), and...
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