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Comparison of repeatability and multiple trait threshold models for litter size in sheep using observed and simulated data in Bayesian analyses.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Aug 2010
Mekkawy W, Roehe R, Lewis R M, Davies M H, Bünger L, Simm G, Haresign W
Abstract excerpt
Bayesian analyses were used to estimate genetic parameters on 5580 records of litter size in the first four parities from 1758 Mule ewes. To examine the appropriateness of fitting repeatability (RM) or multiple trait threshold models (MTM) to litter size of different parities, both models were used to estimate genetic parameters on the observed data and were thereafter compared in a simulation study. Posterior...
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