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Estimates of heritability for reproductive traits in captive rhesus macaque females.
American journal of primatology - 1 Sept 2010
Gagliardi Christine, Falkenstein Kathrine P, Franke Donald E, Kubisch H Michael
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Records from a colony of captive Indian rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) were used to estimate heritability for a number of reproductive traits. Records were based on a total of 7,816 births by 1,901 females from 1979 to 2007. Heritability was estimated with a linear animal model using a multiple trait derivative free REML set of programs. Because no male parents were identified, the numerator relationship matrix...
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