Heterosis Losses Resulting from Incorrect Matings in a Three-Breed Rotational Crossbreeding System in Pigs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-35

  Jungst, Steve B ^a   Kuhlers, Daryl L ^a   Little, Joe A ^a,b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lower Coastal Plain Substation   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossbreeding; Growth; Heterosis; Litter Size; Pigs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HYBRID VIGOR; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE;

EID: 0031601867     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.76129x     Document Type: Article

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