NOTE ON THE HERITABILITY OF LITTER TRAITS IN PIGS

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作者
STRANG, GS [1 ]
SMITH, C [1 ]
机构
[1] ARC,ANIM BREEDING RES ORG,EDINBURGH EH9 3JQ,MIDLOTHIAN,SCOTLAND
来源
ANIMAL PRODUCTION | 1979年 / 28卷 / JUN期
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D O I
10.1017/S0003356100023308
中图分类号
S8 [畜牧、 动物医学、狩猎、蚕、蜂];
学科分类号
0905 ;
摘要
Estimates of heritability for 9 litter traits were derived from data on 38 000 Large White and 35 000 Landrace litters by daughter-dam regression (parities 1 to 5) and by a three-level nested half-sib analysis (parities 1 to 3). The regression and half-sib heritability estimates were similar and overall the estimates were quite low, averaging 7% across traits and breeds. This is in general agreement with estimates from two other large-scale European analyses of field data. Some other reports, including lesser experimental material, show rather higher heritability values. © 1979, British Society of Animal Science. All rights reserved.
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页码:403 / 406
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