Bidirectional mass selection for body shape in common carp.docVIP

Bidirectional mass selection for body shape in common carp Y Ankorion, R Moav GW Wohlfarth (Received 27 November 1990; accepted 19 November 1991) Summary - Bidirectional mass selection for the ratio of height/length generated a response in both directions. Estimates of realized heritability were 0.47 f 0.06 and 0.33 ±0.10 for up and down selection respectively and 0.42 t 0.03 for the divergence. This means that body shape of common carp can be changed fairly rapidly by mass selection. Presumably, differences in body shape among different genetic groups of common carp are due t