Inbreeding trend and inbreeding depression in the Danish populations of Texel, Shropshire, and Oxford Down

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 299-304

  Norberg, E ^a   Sorensen A C ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Inbreeding; Inbreeding depression; Pedigree analysis; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRTH WEIGHT; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INBREEDING; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; DENMARK; FEMALE; INBREEDING; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 34047269579     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2006-257     Document Type: Article

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