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Quantitative traits in chicken associated with DNA fingerprint bands.
EXS - 1 Jan 1993
Dolf G, Schläpfer J, Hagger C, Stranzinger G, Gaillard C
Abstract excerpt
In an unselected control line of a selection experiment in chicken the following traits were evaluated: number of eggs, average egg weight, egg mass, age at first egg, body weight at 20 weeks, body weight at 40 weeks, feed consumption and feed efficiency (feed consumption/egg mass). Data and blood samples of 143 females of the same age were available for analysis. The animals were ranked for each trait according...
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