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Estimates of (co)variance components and phenotypic and genetic parameters of growth traits and wool traits in Alpine Merino sheep.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 May 2022
Li Wen Hui, Li Gui Ying, Zhang Jun, Wang Xi Jun, Zhang Ai Wen, Zhao Jin Tao, Wang Li Juan, Yang Jian Feng, Luo Tian Zhao, Shen Kai Zu
Abstract excerpt
The (co)variance components and corresponding phenotypic and genetic parameters for growth traits and wool traits of economic importance were estimated in the Alpine Merino sheep population maintained at Gansu Provincial Sheep Breeding Technology Extension Station in northwestern China. Data from a maximum of 49,474 animals sired by 526 rams and born from 22,531 ewes over 20 years from 2000 to 2019 were used in...
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