Article
Production traits and alloantigen systems in lines of chickens selected for high or low antibody responses to sheep erythrocytes.
Poultry science - 1 Jun 1990
Martin A, Dunnington E A, Gross W B, Briles W E, Briles R W, Siegel P B
Abstract excerpt
The selection of chickens for high (HA) and for low (LA) antibody titers to sheep erythrocytes has produced differences in the selected trait and in the correlated responses in body weight, egg production, and erythrocyte antigens. The response to selection continued through 14 generations. There...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Antibody Formation
- Body Weight
- Breeding
- Chickens
- Erythrocytes
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Isoantigens
- Oviposition
- Phenotype
- Sexual Maturation