Correlated responses in body composition based on selection for different indicator traits in mice.

doi:10.2527/1990.68113557x

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Correlated responses in body composition based on selection for different indicator traits in mice.

Journal of animal science - 1 Nov 1990

Eisen E J, Coffey M T

Abstract excerpt

Correlated responses in whole-body composition were determined in 12-wk-old male mice from replicate lines selected for 12 generations for high (HF) or low (LF) epididymal fat pad weight as a percentage of body weight (EPID) and high (HL) or low (LL) hind carcass weight as a percentage of body we...

Topics

Adipose Tissue
Animals
Body Composition
Body Weight
Breeding
Least-Squares Analysis
Male
Mice
Models, Biological
Phenotype

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