Article
Purebreeding of Red Maasai and crossbreeding with Dorper sheep in different environments in Kenya.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Dec 2017
Zonabend König E, Strandberg E, Ojango J M K, Mirkena T, Okeyo A M, Philipsson J
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this article was to study opportunities for improvement of the indigenous and threatened Red Maasai sheep (RM) in Kenya, by comparing purebreeding with crossbreeding with Dorper sheep (D) as a terminal breed, in two different environments (Env. A and a harsher Env. B), assuming different levels of genotype-by-environment interaction (G × E). Breeding goals differed between environments and breeds. Four...
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