Long Term Selection for Small Body Weight in Japanese Quail II : Changes in Reproductive Traits from 60 to 65th Generations

Establishment of small body size poultry is an important strategy, which leads to effective management of bird-colonies and less feed consumption. And also it would be a useful experimental tool for elucidating an evolutionary mechanism causing the change in body size. In Saga University, a diverg...

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Main Authors: Yoshihito Suda, Satoru Okamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japan Poultry Science Association 2003-01-01
Series:The Journal of Poultry Science
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpsa/40/1/40_1_30/_pdf/-char/en