Application to selection for litter size using the ESR gene

• heritability = .1

• 10% of males selected; 25% of females

• Accuracy of EBV based on pedigree = 0.32

• ESR gene (Short et al. 1996)
  • a = 0.31
  • d = 0.14
  • Freq = 50%

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