Effect of full sibs on additive breeding values under the dominance model for stature in United States Holsteins.

doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75675-9

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Effect of full sibs on additive breeding values under the dominance model for stature in United States Holsteins.

Journal of dairy science - 1 Apr 1998

Varona L, Misztal I, Bertrand J K, Lawlor T J

Abstract excerpt

Differences in breeding values between dominance and additive models were examined theoretically and with field data. Data included 5.2 million records on stature from 3.0 million US Holsteins. The largest full-sib family had 29 animals, and 7% of all animals had at least one full sib. The domina...

Topics

Animals
Biometry
Breeding
Cattle
Female
Genetic Variation
Inbreeding
Male
Models, Genetic
United States

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