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Genetic size-scaling rules in animal growth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

C. S. Taylor
C. S. Taylor
Affiliation:
ARC Animal Breeding Research Organisation, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JQ
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Abstract

Striking similarities are known to exist in the growth processes of different mammalian genotypes. Two genetic size-scaling rules formally summarize these well-established similarities. In consequence, experimental results in one breed or species can often provide an excellent quantitative guide to biological relationships in other species. Despite strong genetic similarity, much genetic diversity usually remains.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , April 1980 , pp. 161 - 165
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1980

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