Applicability of single-step genomic evaluation with a random regression model for reproductive traits in turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo)
Fertility and hatchability are economically important traits due to their effect on poult output coming from the turkey hatchery. Traditionally, fertility is recorded as the number of fertile eggs set in the incubator (FERT), defined at a time point during incubation by the identification of a devel...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2022-08-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Genetics |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2022.923766/full |