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Direct and correlated responses to two-stage selection for ovulation rate and number of fully formed pigs at birth in swine.
Journal of animal science - 1 Sept 2001
Ruíz-Flores A, Johnson R K
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Our objectives were to estimate responses and genetic parameters for ovulation rate, number of fully formed pigs at birth, and other production traits following two-stage selection for increased ovulation rate and number of fully formed pigs. Eight generations of selection were practiced in each of two lines. One selection line was derived from a line that previously selected eight generations for an index to...
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