Article
Estimates of genetic parameters in turkeys. 3. Sexual dimorphism and its implications in selection procedures.
Poultry science - 1 Oct 1990
Toelle V D, Havenstein G B, Nestor K E, Bacon W L
Abstract excerpt
Live, carcass, and skeletal data taken at 16 wk of age on 504 female and 584 male turkeys from 34 sires and 168 dams were utilized to evaluate sex differences in genetic parameter estimates. Data were transformed to common mean and variance to evaluate possible scaling effects. Genetic parameters were estimated from transformed and untransformed data. Further analyses were conducted with a model that included...
Topics
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Male
- Regression Analysis
- Selection, Genetic
- Sex Characteristics
- Turkeys