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The effects of inbreeding in a flock of Hampshire sheep

Creator:

Lamberson, William Russell

Abstract:

A registered flock of Hampshire sheep that had been predominantly closed for approximately 30 years was utilized to study the effects of inbreeding on productivity of the 1980 and 1981 lamb crops. Five generation pedigrees for ewes and rams were used to calculate inbreeding coefficients. The median inbreeding coefficient of...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis