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Estimation of dominance variance for live body weight in a crossbred population of pigs.
Journal of animal science - 1 Oct 2014
Dufrasne M, Faux P, Piedboeuf M, Wavreille J, Gengler N
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to estimate the dominance variance for repeated live BW records in a crossbred population of pigs. Data were provided by the Walloon Pig Breeding Association and included 22,197 BW records of 2,999 crossbred Piétrain × Landrace K+ pigs from 50 to 210 d of age. The BW records were standardized and adjusted to 210 d of age for analysis. Three single-trait random regression animal...
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