Browsing School of Agriculture by Subject "Chicken -- South Africa -- Breeding"

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Heterosis and combining ability for body weight in a diallel cross of three chicken genotypes

Siwendu, Ndyebo Anathi (University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2011)

Crossbreeding is one of the tools for exploiting genetic variation. The main purpose of crossing chickens is to produce superior crosses (i.e. make use of hybrid vigor), improve fitness and fertility traits.This study was ...