Genetics of initial imprinting responses: selection, and heterosis
Domestic chicks were tested for initial response, approach, and stay-near tendencies during one 5-minute test exposure to a distant audio-visual 1mprinting apparatus. Significant interline differences demonstrated genetic variation. A bidirectional selection program was initiated with time to respo...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/37932 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06022010-020337/ |