Selection for Duration of Fertility and Mule Duck White Plumage Colour in a Synthetic Strain of Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos)

A synthetic strain of ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) was developed by introducing genes for long duration of fertility to be used as mother of mule ducklings and a seven-generation selection experiment was conducted to increase the number of fertile eggs after a single artificial insemination (AI) with...

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Main Authors: Liu, H. C., Huang, J. F., Lee, S. R., Liu, H. L., Hsieh, C. H., Huang, C. W., Huang, M. C., Tai, C., Poivey, J. P., Rouvier, R., Cheng, Y. S.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies (AAAP) and Korean Society of Animal Science and Technology (KSAST) 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4412989/