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Benefit of multiple trait selection to increase reproductive traits: experimental evidence from golden hamsters.
Journal of animal science - 1 Dec 1997
Satoh M, Nishida A, van Arendonk J A, van der Lende T
Abstract excerpt
Fifteen generations of selection were conducted to study responses for litter size at birth (LSB), weight at weaning of standardized litter (LWW), and individual body weight at 8 wk of age (BW8) using golden hamsters as an experimental model for pigs. The experiment involved three lines: selection on an aggregate breeding value of LSB, LWW, and BW8 (line W); selection on an aggregate breeding value of LSB and LWW...
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