The pattern of genetic and environmental variation in relation to ageing in laying hens 英文参考文献.docVIP

M Liljedahl Wilhelmson, K Johansson (Received 12 June 1991; accepted 31 March 1992) Summary - Data from a selection experiment with laying hens were used to study the structure of genetic correlations, as well as additive genetic and environmental variation over a period of 26-60 weeks of age. Genetic correlations were positive between all age periods for the 2 traits investigated, egg number and egg weight. Thus, the results do not support the pleiotropy theory of ageing which predicts negative genetic correlations between early and late fitness. For egg weight no trend with age was