Genetic implications of a simulation model of litter size in swine based on ovulation rate, potential embryonic viability and uterine capacity: II. Simulated selection.

doi:10.2527/1990.684980x

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Genetic implications of a simulation model of litter size in swine based on ovulation rate, potential embryonic viability and uterine capacity: II. Simulated selection.

Journal of animal science - 1 Apr 1990

Bennett G L, Leymaster K A

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Direct selection for ovulation rate, uterine capacity, litter size and embryo survival and selection for indexes of ovulation rate with each of the remaining traits were simulated for a swine population. The relationships among these traits were determined from a simulation model that assumed tha...

Topics

Animals
Breeding
Embryonic and Fetal Development
Female
Genotype
Litter Size
Mathematics
Models, Biological
Models, Genetic
Ovulation
Phenotype
Pregnancy
Swine
Uterus

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