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Embryonal survival to 6 days in mice selected on different criteria for litter size.
Journal of animal science - 1 Mar 1996
Ribeiro E L, van Engelen M A, Nielsen M K
Abstract excerpt
Embryonal survival was compared in mice resulting from four criteria of selection: LS = selection on number born; IX = selection on an index of ovulation rate and ova success; UT = selection on number born to unilaterally ovariectomized females; and LC = unselected control. Selection occurred for 21 generations with three replicates of the four criteria; thereafter, relaxed selection was practiced. The evaluation...
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