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Journal of Animal Science, Vol 70, Issue 6 1755-1759, Copyright © 1992 by American Society of Animal Science

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Estimation of direct and maternal heritability and genetic correlation for backfat and growth rate in swine using data from centrally tested Yorkshire boars

S. M. Bryner, J. W. Mabry, J. K. Bertrand, L. L. Benyshek and L. A. Kriese
Animal and Dairy Science Department, University of Georgia, Athens 30602.

The purpose of this study was to estimate components of variance and covariance for backfat and growth rate in swine tested in central test stations in the United States. Data were collected from 26 central boar test stations from 1984 through 1990. The traits analyzed were backfat adjusted to a 104.5-kg basis and ADG adjusted to a 36-kg on-test weight. Records from 7,951 purebred Yorkshire boars were analyzed. Contemporary groups were defined as boars of a breed that were tested and sold as a common group in a test station. Variance components were estimated using a pseudo-expectation method with a multiple-trait, sire-maternal grandsire model. Direct heritabilities for backfat and ADG were estimated to be .56 and .24, respectively. Direct maternal effects were significant for both backfat and ADG; they accounted for 11 and 23% of the variance, respectively. The additive genetic correlation between backfat and ADG was approximately zero. Within this population of centrally tested Yorkshire boars, heritability seems to be high for backfat and moderate for ADG, with a significant maternal effect on each trait.


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