Article
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...
Topics
- Animals
- Embryonic and Fetal Development
- Female
- Least-Squares Analysis
- Litter Size
- Logistic Models
- Longevity
- Male
- Mice
- Models, Biological
- Ovulation
- Phenotype
- Selection, Genetic
