Estimation of the dominance variance for postweaning gain in the U.S. Limousin population.

doi:10.2527/1998.76102515x

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Estimation of the dominance variance for postweaning gain in the U.S. Limousin population.

Journal of animal science - 1 Oct 1998

Gengler N, Misztal I, Bertrand J K, Culbertson M S

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The objective of this study was to estimate the dominance variance for postweaning gain in Limousin cattle. Data included 215,326 records of postweaning gain from 205 to 365 d, provided by the North American Limousin Foundation. Parental dominance subclasses were formed and related using the meth...

Topics

Animals
Breeding
Cattle
Female
Genes, Dominant
Genetic Variation
Heterozygote
Inbreeding
Male
Models, Genetic
Weaning
Weight Gain

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