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Genotypic expression with different ages of dams: III. Weight traits of sheep.
Journal of animal science - 1 Sept 1999
Okut H, Bromley C M, Van Vleck L D, Snowder G D
Abstract excerpt
Correlations between genetic expression in lambs when dams were young (1 yr), middle-aged (2 and 3 yr), or older (older than 3 yr) were estimated with three-trait analyses for weight traits. Weights at birth (BWT) and weaning (WWT) and ADG from birth to weaning were used. Numbers of observations were 7,731, 9,518, 9,512, and 9,201 for Columbia (COLU), Polypay (POLY), Rambouillet (RAMB), and Targhee (TARG) breeds...
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