Plasma cholesterol responses to the adrenocorticotropic hormone in Japanese quail following eighteen generations of divergent selection.

doi:10.3382/ps.0690205

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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 fir...

Topics

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
Analysis of Variance
Animals
Breeding
Cholesterol
Coturnix
Female
Genetic Variation
Male
Quail
Regression Analysis
Selection, Genetic

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