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Breeding for Efficiency of Egg Production*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

A. W. Nordskog ,
H. L. French Jnr. ,
C. R. Arboleda  and
D. W. Casey
A. W. Nordskog
Affiliation:
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, U.S.A.
H. L. French Jnr.
Affiliation:
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, U.S.A.
C. R. Arboleda
Affiliation:
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, U.S.A.
D. W. Casey
Affiliation:
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, U.S.A.
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , April 1972 , pp. 175 - 188
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