Genetic selection for increased mean and reduced variance of twinning rate in Belclare ewes.

Cottle, D J; Gilmour, A R; Pabiou, T; Amer, P R; Fahey, A G

Cottle, D J; Gilmour, A R; Pabiou, T; Amer, P R; Fahey, A G.

Affiliation

Cottle DJ; School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Gilmour AR; School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia.
Pabiou T; CargoVale, Cargo, NSW, Australia.
Amer PR; Sheep Ireland, Bandon, Co., Cork, Ireland.
Fahey AG; AbacusBio Limited, Dunedin, New Zealand.

J Anim Breed Genet ; 133(2): 126-37, 2016 Apr.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26081782

Subject(s)

Litter Size; Sheep, Domestic/genetics; Animals; Female; Male; Sheep, Domestic/classification; Sheep, Domestic/physiology

Key words

Permanent environmental effect; REML; Threshold model; selection index; sire model; twinning; variance component

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Sheep, Domestic / Litter Size Type of study: Prognostic_studies Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: J Anim Breed Genet Year: 2016 Document type: Article

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