Heritability estimates of transformations of normally distributed records.

Abstract excerpt

Milk yields were simulated for identical twin and parent-progeny pairs to determine effect of transformations on genetic variance. Use of identical twin pairs excludes variability due to Mendelian sampling and contribution by the other parent present in parent-progeny records. Phenotypic variances of 616,800; 1,439,200; and 2,261,600 and means from 2267 to 13,603 by increments of 2267 were used for linear scale...

Topics

• Animals
• Cattle
• Genetic Variation
• Lactation
• Phenotype
• Twins