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Genotype by climate interaction in the genetic evaluation for growing traits of Braunvieh cattle in Mexico.
Tropical animal health and production - 1 Oct 2013
Saavedra-Jiménez Luis A, Ramírez-Valverde Rodolfo, Núñez-Domínguez Rafael, García-Muñiz José G, Lopez-Villalobos Nicolas, Ruíz-Flores Agustín
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to determine the magnitude of genotype by climate interaction (GCI) in the national genetic evaluation for weaning (WW) and yearling (YW) weights of Mexican Braunvieh cattle. The numbers of performance records and animals in the pedigree were 12,364 and 25,173 for WW, and 7,991 and 18,072 for YW, respectively. Performance records were clustered based on climatological variables...
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