Influence of dominance relationships on the estimation of dominance variance with sire-dam subclass effects.

doi:10.2527/1997.75112885x

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Influence of dominance relationships on the estimation of dominance variance with sire-dam subclass effects.

Journal of animal science - 1 Nov 1997

Gengler N, Van Vleck L D, MacNeil M D, Misztal I, Pariacote F A

Abstract excerpt

Two data sets from the USDA Livestock and Range Research Laboratory were analyzed to study dominance variance and the influence of dominance relationships. The first consisted of 4,155 birth weight (3,884 weaning weight) records of inbred USDA Line 1 Herefords. The second consisted of 8,065 birth...

Topics

Animals
Birth Weight
Breeding
Cattle
Female
Genes, Dominant
Genetic Variation
Growth
Male
Models, Genetic
United States
United States Department of Agriculture

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