Fina, M.; Ibáñez-Escriche, Noelia; Piedrafita, J.; Casellas, J.(American Society of Animal Science, 2013-07)
[EN] Although heteroskedasticity has been a main topic of interest in beef cattle during recent decades, the current availability of canalization models provided new insights for animal breeding programs. Within this ...
Martinez-Paredes, Eugenio; Ródenas Martínez, Luis; Pascual Amorós, Juan José; Savietto, Davi(Cambridge University Press, 2018)
[EN] Factors influencing early development such as birth weight, nest competition, and the diet received during rearing have been proposed as elements conditioning the future reproductive performance of European rabbit ...
[EN] Data from seven generations of a divergent selection experiment designed for environmental variability of birth weight were analysed to estimate genetic parameters and to explore signs of selection response. A total ...
Formoso-Rafferty, N.; Cervantes, I.; Ibañez Escriche, Noelia; Gutiérrez, J.P.(American Society of Animal Science, 2017-02)
[EN] Expected genetic response is proportional to the heritability of the trait, and this parameter is considered inherent of a specific trait in a particular population. However, models assuming heterogeneity in residual ...