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Quantitative analysis of production traits in saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus): I. reproduction traits.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Dec 2005
Isberg S R, Thomson P C, Nicholas F W, Barker S G, Moran C
Abstract excerpt
Repeatability and phenotypic correlations were estimated for saltwater crocodile reproductive traits. No pedigree information was available to estimate heritability or genetic correlations, because the majority of breeder animals on farms were wild-caught. Moreover, as the age of the female breeders could not be accounted for, egg-size measurements were used as proxies. The reproductive traits investigated were...
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