Egg production: Application of principles of genetics may hasten improvement of poultry
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I. Michael LernerAuthor Affiliations
I. Michael Lerner is Associate Professor of Poultry Husbandry and Poultry Husbandman in the Experiment Station, Berkeley.Publication Information
Hilgardia 3(8):6-12. DOI:10.3733/ca.v003n08p6. August 1949.
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Abstract
This is the fifth article in a series of brief progress reports on the application of the science of genetics to commercial agriculture.
Lerner I. 1949. Egg production: Application of principles of genetics may hasten improvement of poultry. Hilgardia 3(8):6-12. DOI:10.3733/ca.v003n08p6
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