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Estimation of dominance variance in purebred Yorkshire swine.
Journal of animal science - 1 Feb 1998
Culbertson M S, Mabry J W, Misztal I, Gengler N, Bertrand J K, Varona L
Abstract excerpt
We used 179,485 Yorkshire reproductive and 239,354 Yorkshire growth records to estimate additive and dominance variances by Method Fraktur R. Estimates were obtained for number born alive (NBA), 21-d litter weight (LWT), days to 104.5 kg (DAYS), and backfat at 104.5 kg (BF). The single-trait models for NBA and LWT included the fixed effects of contemporary group and regression on inbreeding percentage and the...
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