Estimation of Additive and Dominance Genetic Effects on Body Weight, Carcass and Ham Quality Traits in Heavy Pigs

Estimation of Additive and Dominance Genetic Effects on Body Weight, Carcass and Ham Quality Traits in Heavy Pigs

Neglecting dominance effects in genetic evaluations may overestimate the predicted genetic response achievable by a breeding program. Additive and dominance genetic effects were estimated by pedigree-based models for growth, carcass, fresh ham and dry-cured ham seasoning traits in 13,295 crossbred h...

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Main Authors: Valentina Bonfatti, Roberta Rostellato, Paolo Carnier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
ham quality
nonadditive genetic effects
dominance variance
additive variance
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/2/481

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