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Unraveling Sexual Size Dimorphism in Growth Traits of Dairy Goats: A Genetic Evaluation That Accounts for Dominance Effects.
Animal genetics - 1 Jun 2026
Ehsaninia Jamshid, Bagheripour Alireza
Abstract excerpt
Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is a major determinant of growth and productivity in domestic animals, yet dominance genetic effects have rarely been incorporated into its evaluation in goats. This work presents an extensive analysis of SSD in Murciano-Granadina (MG) goats for pre-weaning growth traits, birth weight (BWT), weaning weight (WWT), average daily gain (ADG), Kleiber ratio (KR), and growth efficiency (GE)...
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