Analysis of Inbreeding in a Closed Population of Crossbred Sheep
<P> Genetic diversity and the effect of lamb and dam inbreeding on multiple traits were analyzed in an 11-yr closed population of sheep established in 1983 and remained closed after 1987, with 50% Dorset, 25% Rambouillet, and 25% Finnsheep breeding to determine selection response for spring fe...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34902 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09032003-121108/ |