Variance components and heritabilities for sow productivity traits estimated from purebred versus crossbred sows

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 318-324

  Ehlers, M J ^a   Mabry, J W ^b   Bertrand, J K ^a   Stalder, K J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETICS; LITTER SIZE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SWINE;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SUS SCROFA;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 25444480254     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2005.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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