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Models with nuclear, cytoplasmic, and environmental effects for production traits of Columbia sheep.
Journal of animal science - 1 Aug 2003
Hanford K J, Snowder G D, Van Vleck L D
Abstract excerpt
Statistical models (16) were compared for birth weight of 24,741 Columbia lambs recorded at the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station (USSES; 1950 to 1998). The goal was to estimate fractions of variance due to cytoplasmic line (c2; n = 590) and sire x cytoplasmic line interaction (sc2; n = 12,831) with other nuclear and environmental effects included in the model. The basic model included direct genetic (fractional...
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