Article
Long-term divergent selection for eight-week body weight in white Plymouth rock chickens.
Poultry science - 1 Oct 1996
Dunnington E A, Siegel P B
Abstract excerpt
This paper provides an overview of results from a long-term (38 generations) selection experiment. Lines were developed from individual phenotypic selection for high or low body weight at 8 wk of age. Included are data for the selected lines, sublines in which selection was relaxed, crosses of the selected lines, and sublines in which the sex-linked dw gene was introduced. Periodically (and in some cases every...
Topics
- Aging
- Animals
- Body Weight
- Breeding
- Chickens
- Female
- Male
- Phenotype
- Selection, Genetic
- Time Factors