Genomic selection for traits of economic importance in sheep : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Animal Breeding and Genetics at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealand

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Genomic selection for traits of economic importance in sheep : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Animal Breeding and Genetics at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealand

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The main objective of this thesis was to analyse the inclusion of genomic information of production traits into a multitrait sheep breeding programme evaluated for 20 years using deterministic and stochastic simulation models. The breeding objective was to reduce faecal egg score (FES), decrease yearling weight (YW) and increase 160 days lamb carcass weight (CW). The selection criteria included 160 days live weight (instead of CW) plus YW and FES. The first study developed a stochastic model ...

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Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2014

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Lepori Honeyman, Alfredo Andres

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https://hdl.handle.net/10179/6630

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Sheep breeding / Sheep genetics / Sheep breeding models / Livestock simulation models

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