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Heritabilities and genetic correlations of body weights and feather length in growing Muscovy selected in Taiwan

Y. H. Hu
,
J.P. Poivey
,
R. Rouvier
,
C.T. Wang
&
C. Tai
Pages 605-612 | Published online: 28 Jun 2010

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