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Genetic evaluation of a selective breeding program for common carp Cyprinus carpio conducted from 2004 to 2014.
BMC genetics - 29 Jul 2015
Dong Zaijie, Nguyen Nguyen Hong, Zhu Wenbin
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BACKGROUND: The study evaluated genetic progress of a breeding program for common carp undergoing four generations of selection for increased harvest body weight from 2004 to 2014. The pedigree included 17,351 individual fish which were offspring of 342 sires and 352 dams. Genetic parameters for body weight at about two years of age and survival rate during grow-out period were also estimated using the residual...
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