Efficiency of selection strategies for halothane-negative gene.

doi:10.2527/1990.6861569x

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Efficiency of selection strategies for halothane-negative gene.

Journal of animal science - 1 Jun 1990

van Arendonk J A, Kennedy B W

Abstract excerpt

Use of a method to estimate the frequency of the halothane-negative allele in boars is illustrated for different sampling schemes for boar testing programs and for testing within closed breeding populations. This method uses information not only on the individual, but also on all mates and relati...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Gene Frequency
Genotype
Halothane
Male
Malignant Hyperthermia
Phenotype
Probability
Swine
Swine Diseases

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