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Inclusive inheritance for residual feed intake in pigs and rabbits.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Nov 2020
David Ingrid, Aliakbari Amir, Déru Vanille, Garreau Hervé, Gilbert Hélène, Ricard Anne
Abstract excerpt
Non-genetic information (epigenetic, microbiota, behaviour) that results in different phenotypes in animals can be transmitted from one generation to the next and thus is potentially involved in the inheritance of traits. However, in livestock species, animals are selected based on genetic inheritance only. The objective of the present study was to determine whether non-genetic inherited effects play a role in...
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