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Selection for survivors percent egg production from first egg to 40 weeks of age was conducted for six generations. Within-line selection (WLS) on the basis of an index of individual records plus sire family and dam family means was compared with reciprocal recurrent selection (RRS) based on sire family selection among cross progeny. Genetically heterogeneous synthetic populations, the Cornell Control and the Purdue Pool strains were used.

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Corn plants (Zea mays L.) were grown in the field on two soils. On a droughty soil, water was withheld from some plants during the grain-filling period while other plants were irrigated.

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