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Heritability of chemical fat content in the loin muscle of baconers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1961

H. Duniec ,
J. Kielanowski  and
Zofia Osińska
H. Duniec
Affiliation:
Institute of Animal Production, Kraków
J. Kielanowski
Affiliation:
Institute of Animal Production, Kraków
Zofia Osińska
Affiliation:
Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition, Warsaw
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Data on carcasses of 352 Large White baconers by 44 boars were taken from reports of Progeny Testing Stations to estimate the heritability of chemical fat in the loin muscle and of fatty tissue content in the carcass, and their phenotypic and genetic correlations.

The heritability of the chemical fat content in the loin muscle was found to be 0·50, that of the fatty tissue content in the carcass 0·69. The genetic correlation between the characteristics under study seems to be very low (rA = 0·11), and their phenotypic correlation, though significant statistically, was also found to be low (about 0·2).

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , June 1961 , pp. 195 - 198
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1961

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