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Ontochronic index for assessing and predicting growth of birds

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An ontochronic index has been developed to evaluate biological patterns of growth in birds, which takes into account the ratio between the structural features of the body and the appearance of an individual. A high correlation and regression dependence of the index of intensity of birds’ growth during early ontogenesis has been discovered.

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Correspondence to I. Yu. Gorbatenko.

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Original Russian Text © V.P. Kovalenko, I.Yu. Gorbatenko, 2014, published in Doklady Rossiiskoi Akademii Sel’skokhozyaistvennykh Nauk, 2014, No. 4, pp. 46–48.

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Kovalenko, V.P., Gorbatenko, I.Y. Ontochronic index for assessing and predicting growth of birds. Russ. Agricult. Sci. 40, 285–287 (2014). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068367414040065

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