Search for dissertations about: "egg colour"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words egg colour.

  2. 1. Effects of abiotic and biotic factors on hatching, emergence and survival in Baltic salmon (Salmo salar L.)

    Author : Eva Brännäs; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Baltic salmon; salmo salar; eggs; egg colour; alevins; fry; photoperiod; temperature; hatching; emergence pattern; synchronization; survival;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with important factors that affect the temporal organization of emergence and early survival of Baltic salmon (Salmo salar L.). The study population was obtained from the Norrfors hatchery (63°50'N,20°05'E), Umeälven (Ume river) in Northern Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 2. Mapping Genes Affecting Phenotypic Traits in Chicken

    Author : Susanne Kerje; Leif Andersson; Martien Groenen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Genetics; chicken; Quantitative Trait Loci; growth; egg production; epistasis; plumage colour; Extended black; MC1R; Dominant white; PMEL17; Genetik; Clinical genetics; Klinisk genetik;

    Abstract : The purpose of gene mapping is to understand the underlying genetics of simple and complex traits like plumage colour and growth. This thesis is based on a cross between the wild ancestor of the modern chicken, the red junglefowl, and a White Leghorn line selected for high egg mass. READ MORE

  5. 3. Genomics and Transcriptomics of Behaviour and Plumage Colouration

    Author : Jesper Fogelholm; Dominic Wright; Göran Andersson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Genomics; Transcriptomics; Behaviour; Colour; Gene Expresssion; Domestication.;

    Abstract : The aim throughout this thesis has been to investigate the underlying genetics of behaviours and feather colour and plumage patterns by using chickens as a model organism. Chickens are extremely important as a food source, both in terms of egg, as well as meat production. READ MORE

  6. 4. Effects of domestication related genes on behaviour, physiology and gene expression in chickens

    Author : Anna-Carin Karlsson; Per Jensen; Randi Oppermann Moe; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Domestication, the process when animals adapt to captivity, tends to modify a whole array of traits towards what has been termed “the domesticated phenotype”, where the domesticated animal differs from its wild ancestor in morphology, physiology, development and behaviour. Physiological traits and behaviours are controlled by genes. READ MORE