Selection for sexual male characters and their effects on other fitness related traits in white leghorn chickens
- 1 April 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics
- Vol. 116 (2) , 127-138
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0388.1999.00179.x
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