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The Evolution of Animal Breeding Practices—Commercial and Experimental*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

A. W. Nordskog
A. W. Nordskog
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Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , July 1966 , pp. 207 - 216
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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