Genetic components of litter size variability in sheep
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Classical selection for increasing prolificacy in sheep leads to a concomitant increase in its variability, even though the objective of the breeder is to maximise the frequency of an intermediate litter size rather than the frequency of high litter sizes. For in...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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BMC
2001-05-01
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| Series: | Genetics Selection Evolution |
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| Online Access: | http://www.gsejournal.org/content/33/3/249 |