Relationship Between the Estimated Breeding Values for Litter Traits at Birth and Ovarian and Embryonic Traits and Their Additive Genetic Variance in Gilts at 35 Days of Pregnancy

We investigated (1) the relationship between the estimated breeding values (EBVs) for litter traits at birth and ovulation rate (OR), average corpora luteal weight, uterine length and embryonic survival and development traits in gilts at 35 days of pregnancy by linear regression, (2) the genetic var...

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Main Authors: Carolina L. A. Da Silva, Han A. Mulder, Marleen L. W. J. Broekhuijse, Bas Kemp, Nicoline M. Soede, Egbert F. Knol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2018.00111/full