title: Responses to selection for body weight in descendants of X-irradiated rats.
abstract: The effectiveness of selection for high and low body weight at six weeks of age was studied in descendants of X-irradiated (R) and nonirradiated (C) inbred rats. There were two replicates of each of the direction of selection-irradiation treatments. In C lines, there were no consistent responses to selection, probably due to a low level of genetic variability. In R rats, selection was effective only for decreased body weight. The results of this experiment do not suggest the use of irradiation combined with selection as a means of enhancing responses to selection in animals.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D011830:Radiation Effects; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains / Q000235:genetics; D014965:X-Rays