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Effect of parental genotypes and paternal heterosis on litter traits in crossbred goats.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Apr 2008
Tsukahara Y, Choumei Y, Oishi K, Kumagai H, Kahi A K, Panandam J M, Mukherjee T K, Hirooka H
Abstract excerpt
The effect of parental genotype and paternal heterosis on litter size (LS), total litter birth weight (TLW) and average litter birth weight (ALW) was analysed utilizing data from a crossbreeding programme involving the exotic German Fawn goats and local Katjang goats in Malaysia. In this study, these traits were regarded as traits of the litter to consider the effect of service sire genotype. The results revealed...
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