Article
Genetic parameters for nuclear and nonnuclear inheritance in three synthetic lines of beef cattle differing in mature size.
Journal of animal science - 1 Dec 1991
Northcutt S L, Willham R L, Wilson D E
Abstract excerpt
Genetic parameters for nuclear and cytoplasmic genetic effects were estimated from preweaning growth data collected on three synthetic lines of beef cattle differing in mature size. Lines of small-, medium-, and large-framed calves were represented in each of two research herds (Rhodes and McNay). Variance components were estimated separately by herd and size line for birth weight and 205-d weight (WW) by REML...
Topics
- Animals
- Birth Weight
- Body Weight
- Cattle
- Female
- Least-Squares Analysis
- Linear Models
- Male
- Models, Biological
- Models, Genetic
- Phenotype
- Weaning