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Provedor de dados: 	74	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Genetic parameters of wool colour and skin traits in Corriedale sheep	
Autores: 	Benavides,M.V.; Maher,P.	
Data: 	2003-01-01	
Ano: 	2003	
Palavras-chave: 	Wool yellowing; Indirect selection criteria; Sheep.	
Resumo: 	Clean wool colour (CWC) is an important wool price determinant and has been related to suint characteristics, i.e. sudoriparous and sebaceous gland secretions, such as suint percentage and suint K content. In this work heritability, phenotypic and genetic correlations among wool colour and skin traits were examined. The genetic estimates were assessed by Restricted Maximum Likelihood (REML) procedures using average information algorithm (AIREML) in a Corriedale flock. The traits analysed were wool colour traits (CWC), yellow predictive colour (YPC), and Visual Score; suint traits such as suint percentage and potassium and sodium concentrations in suint, and physiological traits such as potassium and sodium concentrations in the skin, including plasma and red blood cells. The objectives of this study were to assess phenotypic and genetic correlations between wool colour and skin traits, and to find the suitability of these traits as indirect selection criteria for clean wool colour. Suint traits were highly genetically correlated to YPC. Suint K, but not suint percentage, was found to have a high genetic correlation with CWC. Skin K, Visual Score, YPC and suint K were amongst the best indirect selection criteria for clean wool colour. However, selection using these traits was expected to reduce CWC from 52% to 49% of that estimated under direct selection.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572003000300009	
Editor: 	Sociedade Brasileira de Genética	
Relação: 	10.1590/S1415-47572003000300009	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Genetics and Molecular Biology  v.26 n.3 2003	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess