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Table 3 Means ± standard deviations of phenotypic values and selection response S-C (P) of Brown Tsaiya females following AI with the individual semen of the Muscovy drake for G12 in the S and C lines at 36–42 weeks of age

From: Eleven generations of selection for the duration of fertility in the intergeneric crossbreeding of ducks

 

S line

C line

S-C

Ducks

n = 150

n = 83

 

F

7.59 ± 2.58

4.13 ± 1.96

3.46 ± 0.84

Ie

14.10 ± 1.86

12.95 ± 2.73

1.15 ± 0.49

M

2.15 ± 1.75

1.30 ± 1.37

0.85 ± 0.36

Dm

9.04 ± 2.56

5.36 ± 2.40

3.68 ± 0.79

H

5.43 ± 2.41

2.84 ± 1.80

2.59 ± 0.67

  1. F = number of fertile eggs at candling (7th day of incubation); Ie = number of eggs set; M = total number of dead embryos; Dm = maximum duration of fertility (d); H = number of hatched mule ducklings
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Genetics Selection Evolution

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