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No Evidence for Heterosis as Measured by Day-Old Chick Weight of Pure and Crossbred Progeny From Red Jungle Fowl and Domestic Fowl

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

Earl W. Henderson
Affiliation:
Department of Poultry Science, Michigan State University
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1962

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