Genetic variances, heritabilities and maternal effects on body weight, breast meat yield, meat quality traits and the shape of the growth curve in turkey birds

BACKGROUND: Turkey is an important agricultural species and is largely used as a meat bird. In 2004, turkey represented 6.5% of the world poultry meat production. The world-wide turkey population has rapidly grown due to increased commercial farming. Due to the high demand for turkey meat from both...

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Autores principales: Aslam, Muhammad L, Bastiaansen, John WM, Crooijmans, Richard PMA, Ducro, Bart J, Vereijken, Addie, Groenen, Martien AM
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3039623/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21266032
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-12-14

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3039623/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21266032
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-12-14

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