Inclusion of Sire by Herd interaction effect in the genomic evaluation for weaning weight of American Angus.
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DOI: 10.1093/jas/skac057
Abstract: A spurious negative genetic correlation between direct and maternal effects of weaning weight (WW) in beef cattle has historically been problematic for researchers and industry. Previous research has suggested the covariance between sires and herds… read more here.
Keywords: interaction effect; covariance; model; sxh interaction ... See more keywords