| Main ref. | |||||
| Country | USA |
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| Locality | Alabama |
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| Trait | growth rate |
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| Comment | Weight after 45 days. |
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| Mean | 4.90000 |
Unit |
grams |
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| S.D | 1.30000 |
C.V |
0.27 |
S.E |
0.19000 |
| Heritability | 0.35000 |
Method |
sib analysis |
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| Comment | Dam heritability estimates determined by half-sib analysis. |
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| Selection studies | |||||
| Response (%) | Method | mass selection |
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| Comment | Predicted responses to mass selection were small. |
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