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Selection for Body Size and Reproductive Fitness in Chickens*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2007

R. George Jaap
Affiliation:
Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OhioU. S. A.43210
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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