Pre-weaning performance evaluation of a multibreed Aberdeen Angus × Nellore population using different genetic models

This work aimed at estimating the genetic effects that affect the pre-weaning performance of animals from multibreed crosses. In order to do so, it was used information of the weight at weaning of 79,521 animals, sired by 1,020 bulls and 61,898 cows from Aberdeen Angus and Nellore breeds and from ma...

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Main Author: Lopes,Jader Silva (author)
Other Authors: Rorato,Paulo Roberto Nogara (author), Weber,Tomás (author), Araújo,Ronyere Olegário de (author), Dornelles,Mariana de Almeida (author), Comin,Juliana Grigolleto (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2010
Subjects:
additive effect
complementarity among breeds
epistasis
heterozygous
multicollinearity
weaning weight
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982010001100014
Country:Brazil
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