Article
Effects of inbreeding and heterozygosity on preweaning traits in a closed population of Herefords under selection.
Journal of animal science - 1 May 1998
Pariacote F, Van Vleck L D, MacNeil M D
Abstract excerpt
Records of five inbred lines at the Livestock and Range Research Laboratory were used to evaluate effects of inbreeding and heterozygosity on preweaning traits. Members of each line were descendants of a single founder Hereford bull. A total of 8,065 records of birth weight and 7,380 records of p...
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Suckling
- Birth Weight
- Cattle
- Female
- Heterozygote
- Hybrid Vigor
- Inbreeding
- Male
- Phenotype
- Regression Analysis
- Selection, Genetic
- Weaning
