Efficiency of an approximate animal model for maternal and direct genetic effects of litter size in swine.

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A simulated population of 120 sows and 24 boars in service per year was used to compare genetic evaluations for first-parity litter size and selection response when approximate and complete animal models were used. The complete animal model included maternal and direct effects. The approximate model did not account for covariances between maternal breeding values, or between maternal and direct breeding values,...

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