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Plasma cholesterol responses to the adrenocorticotropic hormone in Japanese quail following eighteen generations of divergent selection.
Poultry science - 1 Feb 1990
Marks H L, Siegel H S, Latimer J W
Abstract excerpt
Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) lines were divergently selected for plasma cholesterol response to adrenocorticotropin (ACTH). Data for Generations 9 to 18 indicated a greater response in the low (L) line than in the high (H) line, which was contrary to selection responses for the first eight generations. During Generations 9 to 18, selection differentials were greater in the H line; however,...
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