Alternative methods of selection for litter size in mice: II. Response to thirteen generations of selection.

doi:10.2527/1990.68113543x

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Alternative methods of selection for litter size in mice: II. Response to thirteen generations of selection.

Journal of animal science - 1 Nov 1990

Gion J M, Clutter A C, Nielsen M K

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Selection was conducted on an index of components of litter size (I = 1.21 x ovulation rate + 9.05 x ova success; ovulation rate measured by number of corpora lutea and ova success measured as number of pups born + number of corpora lutea), on uterine capacity (measured as number of pups born to...

Topics

Animals
Body Weight
Breeding
Female
Least-Squares Analysis
Litter Size
Mice
Models, Biological
Ovulation
Phenotype
Pregnancy
Regression Analysis

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