Article
Inbreeding and heterosis effects on quantitative traits in a White Leghorn population under long-term reciprocal recurrent selection.
British poultry science - 1 Jul 1991
Flock D K, Ameli H, Glodek P
Abstract excerpt
1. Inbreeding and heterosis effects for quantitative traits were estimated in two White Leghorn lines selected with reciprocal recurrent selection (RRS) since 1950. 2. Pedigreed progeny were produced from full-sib, half-sib and unrelated pure line as well as reciprocal cross line matings to estimate inbreeding and heterosis effects "within sires". 3. Inbreeding effects estimated as linear regressions agreed well...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Weight
- Chickens
- Eggs
- Female
- Fertility
- Genetic Variation
- Hybrid Vigor
- Inbreeding
- Least-Squares Analysis
- Male
- Oviposition