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Genotype and sexual influences on growth and muscle development of chicken embryos.
Growth, development, and aging : GDA - 1 Jan 2000
Mitchell R D, Burke W H
Abstract excerpt
The influence of sex and genotype on growth of chick embryos was studied using eggs from commercial broiler hens mated with broiler strain males (BrBr) or with bantam males (BaBr) and using eggs from bantam females mated to bantam males (BaBa) or to broiler strain males (BrBa). Male BrBr embryos were first significantly heavier than females at 9 days of incubation. The influence of sire's genotype was expressed...
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