Eleven generations of selection for the duration of fertility in the intergeneric crossbreeding of ducks

<p>Abstract</p> <p>A 12-generation selection experiment involving a selected line (S) and a control line (C) has been conducted since 1992 with the aim of increasing the number of fertile eggs laid by the Brown Tsaiya duck after a single artificial insemination (AI) with pooled Mus...

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Main Authors: Liu Tai Jui-Jane, Liao Chung-Wen, Huang Yu-Chia, Huang Shang-Chi, Liu Hsiao-Lung, Rouvier Roger, Cheng Yu-Shin, Tai Chein, Poivey Jean-Paul
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: BMC 2009-03-01
Series:Genetics Selection Evolution
Online Access:http://www.gsejournal.org/content/41/1/32