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Estimation of direct and maternal genetic variance for litter size in Canadian Yorkshire and Landrace swine using an animal model.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jul 1990
Southwood O I, Kennedy B W
Abstract excerpt
Estimates of additive direct heritability (h2a) for traits such as litter size may be biased by maternal effects. The size of these effects was estimated using a derivative-free restricted maximum likelihood procedure under an animal model. First-parity records from Yorkshire (Y) and Landrace (L) gilts were obtained from the Quebec Record of Performance sow productivity program for 21,127 litters born between...
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