Identification of informative performance traits in swine using principal component analysis Seleção de variáveis de desempenho de suínos por meio da análise de componentes principais
Using principal component analysis, records of 435 animals from an F2 swine population were used to identity independent and informative variables of economically important performance. The following performance traits were recorded: litter size at birth (BL), litter size at weaning (WL), teat numbe...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
2005-12-01
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Series: | Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352005000600016 |