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Estimation of Heritabilities and Genetic Correlations on Preweaning Body Weights and Postweaning Traits in Swine (돼지의 이유전체중(離乳前體重)과 이유후형질(離乳後形質)에 대한 유전력(遺傳力)과 유전상관(遺傳相關)의 추정(推定))

  • Han, Sung Wook;Sang, Byung Chan;Lee, Han Ok
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.51-60
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    • 1987
  • The study was conducted to estimate the heritabilities, genetic and phenotypic correlations on preweaning body weight and postweaning traits. The data analysis were the record of 253 male pigs produced from 54 boars of Landrace, Hampshire, Large Yorkshire and Duroc purebreds raised at National Animal Breeding Institute from 1978 to 1983. The results obtained in this study are summarized as follows. 1. The heritabilities of body weight at birth, 21days and 56days were $0.233{\pm}0.160$, $0.485{\pm}0.185$ and $0.758{\pm}0.214$, respectively, and the heritabilities estimated on postweaning traits were $0.270{\pm}0.164$ for average daily gain, $0.350{\pm}0.174$ for feed requirement, $0.272{\pm}0.165$ for backfat thickness, $0.887{\pm}0.221$ for days to 90Kg and $0.565{\pm}0.195$ for selection index. 2. Genetic correlations of body weight at birth with 21 days and 56 days were 0.349 and 0.19& and body weight at 21 days with 56 days was 0.907, and daily gain with feed requirement, backfat thickness, days to 90 Kg and selection index were -0.552, 0.107, -0.903 and 0.716, and feed requirement with backfat thickness, days to 90Kg and selection index were -0.058, 0.699 and -0.942, and backfat thickness with days to 90 Kg and selection index were -0.237 and -0.025, respectively. 3. Phenotypic correlations of body weight at birth with 21 days and 56 days were 0.342 and 0.287, and body weight at 21 days with 56 days was 0.893 and daily gain with feed requirement, backfat thickness, days to 90Kg and selection index were -0.062, 0.093, -0.651 and 0.540, and feed requirement with backfat thickness, days to 90Kg and selection index were 0.105, 0.601 and -0.613, and backfat thickness with days to 90Kg and selection index were -0.040, -0.416, respectively.

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Genetic Parameters for Milking Duration, Milk Flow and Milk Yield Per Milking in Holstein Dairy Cattle (홀스타인 착유우의 착유시간, 착유속도 및 착유량에 대한 유전모수 추정)

  • An, Byeong-Seok;Ju, Jong-Cheol;Jeon, Byeong-Sun;Park, Seong-Jae;Baek, Gwang-Su;Park, Su-Bong
    • Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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    • v.48 no.4
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    • pp.487-492
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    • 2006
  • This study estimated characteristics and genetic parameters for milking traits in Holstein dairy cattle. Daily records (12,561) were available from a hundred fifty four lactating cows with sixty six sires at National Livestock Research Institute from November, 2005 to April, 2006. The cows were fed same rations, and were milked twice daily using milking parlour equipped with Alpro-system?? to collect milking records automatically. The experimental cows have averaged 1.9 parities, 139.7 days in milk, and 13kg milk yield per milking. Average milk flow was 64% of peak milk flow. Milking duration, peak milk flow, average milk flow, and milk yield per milking were 5.57±1.67 minutes, 3.58±0.79kg/minute, 2.28±0.51kg/minute, and 13.02±4.09kg, respectively. All traits in the morning milking were higher than those of in the evening milking, and were also increased with parity. Heritabilities for milking duration, peak and average milk flow, and milk yield per time were 0.49, 0.70 0.58 and 0.36, respectively. The genetic correlations of milking duration with peak milk flow, average milk flow, and milk yield per time were 0.48, 0.54, and 0.41, respectively. The correlations of milk yield per milking with peak milk flow and average milk flow were 0.23 and 0.30, respectively. In conclusion, milk flow was increased with milk yield; however milk flow was opposite relationship with milk duration. Further studies are not only necessary to warranty genetic parameters, but pre-installation of automatic recording system to collect daily milking record is also necessary.

Estimation of Genetic Parameters for Average Daily Gain and Carcass Traits of Hanwoo (한우 검정우의 일당증체량에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Byoungho;Choi, Taejeong;Choi, Jae Gwan;Choy, Yun Ho;Cho, Kwang Hyun;Lee, Seung Soo;Kim, Sidong;Kwon, Oh Sub;Na, Seung Hwan;Choi, You Lim;Cho, Chungil
    • Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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    • v.54 no.5
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    • pp.317-321
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    • 2012
  • This study was conducted to identify the characteristics and estimate the genetic parameters of average daily gain (ADG) and carcass traits of Hanwoo. The data used in this study were 4,681 heads which were performance-tested and 4,442 heads which were progeny-tested in test station of National Agricultural Cooperative Federation. The means and standard deviations of ADG between 6~9 months (ADG:6-9), ADG between 9~12 (ADG:9-12) and ADG between 6~12 (ADG:6-12) from the performance test were $1.04{\pm}0.16$, $1.11{\pm}0.17$ and $1.07{\pm}0.11$, respectively. The phenotypic correlations of ADG:6-9 and ADG:9-12, ADG:6-9 and ADG:6-12, ADG:9-12 and ADG:6-12 were -0.03, 0.66 and 0.65, respectively. The phenotypic correlations of ADG:6-12 with carcass weight (CW), eye muscle area (EMA), backfat thickness (BF), and marbling score (MS) from progeny test were 0.446, 0.199, 0.0266 and 0.045, respectively. Estimated heritabilities from the pooled data were 0.251 (ADG:6-12), 0.298 (CW), 0.424 (EMA), 0.503 (BF) and 0.626 (MS), respectively. Estimated genetic correlations of ADG:6-12 with CW, EMA, BF, MS were 0.606, 0.292, -0.095 and -0.007, respectively. From these results, it could be suggested that selection for ADG significantly affects CW, EMA and BF by correlated response to selection.

Genetic Variabilities and Path-Coefficients for Agronomic Characters in $F_2$ Populations of Wheat (소맥(小麥)의 $F_2$집단(集團)에 있어서 주요(主要) 농업적(農業的) 질량(形質)의 유전변이(遺傳變異) 및 경로계수분석(徑路係數分析))

  • Park, Chang Kie;Kim, Yang Choon
    • Current Research on Agriculture and Life Sciences
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    • v.1
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    • pp.27-34
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    • 1983
  • This study was conducted to obtain the basic informations on the selection for the early and high-yielding lines in $F_2$ populations of wheat. Two combinations such as Olmil-Saemil cross and Naphal-Cheonggemil cross and their eight populations were used and genetic parameters of genetic variances and path-coefficients for agronomic traits mainly in $F_2$ populations were analyzed. Genetic coefficient of variability in Olmil-Saemil cross was higher in harvest index, grain number, grain yield and plant height in decreasing order, but in Naphal-Cheonggemil cross harvest index, plant height, and 1,000-grain weight were higher in order. Heading and maturing dates, plant height, and harvest index showed high hertability (0.525-0.808) in both crosses, but very low heritabilities were observed in grain numbers per panicle and yield. In both crosses, genetic advances(%) was higher in heading and maturing stage, but lowest in yield. High genetic advance was obtained in 1,000-grain weight of Naphal-Cheonggemil cross. The highly significant correlations between yield and panicle number, yield and grain number per panicle were obtained, and the highest direct effect on yield was obtained in panicle number followed by grain number per panicle number.

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Genetic Analysis of Ultrasound and Carcass Measurement Traits in a Regional Hanwoo Steer Population

  • Hwang, Jeong Mi;Cheong, Jae Kyoung;Kim, Sam Su;Jung, Bong Hwan;Koh, Myung Jae;Kim, Hyeong Cheol;Choy, Yun Ho
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.457-463
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    • 2014
  • Ultrasound measurements of backfat thickness (UBF), longissimus muscle area (ULMA) and marbling score (UMS) and carcass measurements of carcass weight (CW), backfat thickness (BF), longissimus muscle area (LMA), and marbling score (MS) on 7,044 Hanwoo steers were analyzed to estimate genetic parameters. Data from Hanwoo steers that were raised, finished in Hoengseong-gun, Gangwon-do (province) and shipped to slaughter houses during the period from October 2010 to April 2013 were evaluated. Ultrasound measurements were taken at approximately three months before slaughter by an experienced operator using a B-mode real-time ultrasound device (HS-2000, FHK Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) with a 3.5 MHz linear probe. Ultrasound scanning was on the left side between 13th rib and the first lumbar vertebrae. All slaughtering processes and carcass evaluations were performed in accordance with the guidelines of beef grading system of Korea. To estimate genetic parameters, multiple trait animal models were applied. Fixed effects included in the models were: the effects of farm, contemporary group effects (year-season at the time of ultrasound scanning in the models for UBF, ULMA, and UMS, and year-season at slaughter in the models for CW, BF, LMA, and MS), the effects of ultrasound technicians as class variables and the effects of the age in days at ultrasound scanning or at slaughtering as linear covariates, respectively for ultrasound and carcass measures. Heritability estimates obtained from our analyses were 0.37 for UBF, 0.13 for ULMA, 0.27 for UMS, 0.44 for CW, 0.33 for BF, 0.36 for LMA and 0.54 MS, respectively. Genetic correlations were strongly positive between corresponding traits of ultrasound and carcass measures. Genetic correlation coefficient between UBF and BF estimate was 0.938, between ULMA and LMA was 0.767 and between UMS and MS was 0.925. These results suggest that ultrasound measurement traits are genetically similar to carcass measurement traits.

Time Trends in Estimates of Genetic Parameters in a Population of Layer Breeders (난용종계 집단에서의 선발에 의한 유전모수 변화 양상)

  • 최연호;오봉국
    • Korean Journal of Poultry Science
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.255-268
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    • 1990
  • This study was carried out to investigate the time-trends of genetic parameters of the dosed flock population which selected for improving egg production. Data for two layer pure lines, Line-W (Single Comb White Leghorn) and Line-B (brown layer) which have been maintained at the Mani Breeding Farm were collected from 1980 to 1985 during 5 generations. The effective number of parents per generation ranged from 148 to 366 in Line-W and 85 to 355 in Line-B, and the cumulative expected inbreeding coefficients during 5 generations of selection were 15% and 1.6%. So inbreeding could not be considered a critical factor on estimating the genetic parameters, heritabilities and genetic correlations Heritabilities of EN 300 and EN 400, primary two selected traits were significantly decreased during 5 generations but the estimates of the other 03its not showed the consistent decreasing pattern significantly. No time trends of probable consequence were evident in the genetic correlation coefficients of the traits studied. The reason for that situation was attributed to the fact that selection was conducted for multiple objectives and the relative importance of selection for the studied traits were not consistent by generations.

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Estimation of Genetic Parameters of Body Weights in Hanwoo Steers(Korean Cattle), Bos Taurus Coreanae Using Random Regression Model (임의회귀모형을 이용한 한우 거세우 체중의 유전모수 추정)

  • Seo, Kang- Seok;Salces, Agapita J.;Yoon, Du- Hak;Lee, Hong- Gu;Kim, Sang- Hoon;Choi, Te- Jeong
    • Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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    • v.50 no.2
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    • pp.151-156
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    • 2008
  • The study aimed to estimate genetic parameters of body weights in Hanwoo steers using random regression model and compare it with single trait animal model. A total of 1,372 Hanwoo steers that belonged to progeny testing program of the Hanwoo Genetic Improvement conducted at the Livestock Improvement Main Center of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (LIMC-NACF) in Rep. of Korea were used. Results of the random regression model fitting quadratic function revealed heritability values from 0.17 to 0.30 for the whole testing days up to 800 days. The results of the animal model showed estimated heritability values ranged from 0.24 to 0.36. Estimates of permanent environmental correlations tended to increase with increasing test in days. Unlike in the direct genetic correlation that at early stage the estimate was slightly negative it was 0.30 then increased to approach unity at later stage of test. Comparing the results between random regression model and the animal model showed not much differences and both followed similar pattern and therefore the use of random regression model for the national genetic evaluation of Hanwoo could be implemented.

Genetic Parameter Estimates for Productive Traits in Duroc Pigs (듀록종의 산육형질에 대한 유전모수 추정)

  • Cho, Chung-Il;Choy, Yun-Ho;Choi, Jae-Kwan;Choi, Tae-Jeong;Lee, Seung-Su;Cho, Kwang-Hyun;Park, Byoung-Ho
    • Journal of agriculture & life science
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    • v.46 no.5
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    • pp.57-63
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this study was to estimate genetic parameters for productive traits in Duroc breed. In this study, 40,657 records for productive traits and the pedigree data of 47,974 families were collected from 41 farms registered at the Korean Animal Improvement Association (KAIA) from 2004 to 2011. The REMLf90 program was used to analyze a multiple traits animal model with fixed effects of sex, contemporary group, parity and age at the end of the test as covariate and random effects of animal and residual error. The heritabilities of days to 90 kg (D90KG), average daily gain (ADG), backfat thickness (BF) and eye muscle areas (EMA) were estimated to be 0.334, 0.340, 0.335, and 0.200, respectively. The genetic correlation coefficients were -0.992 between D90KG and ADG, -0.142 between ADG and BF, -0.361 between ADG and EMA, and -0.243 between BF and EMA. Conversely, positive genetic correlations for D90KG with BF and EMA were 0.13 and 0.36, respectively.

Comparison of accuracy of breeding value for cow from three methods in Hanwoo (Korean cattle) population

  • Hyo Sang Lee;Yeongkuk Kim;Doo Ho Lee;Dongwon Seo;Dong Jae Lee;Chang Hee Do;Phuong Thanh N. Dinh;Waruni Ekanayake;Kil Hwan Lee;Duhak Yoon;Seung Hwan Lee;Yang Mo Koo
    • Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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    • v.65 no.4
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    • pp.720-734
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    • 2023
  • In Korea, Korea Proven Bulls (KPN) program has been well-developed. Breeding and evaluation of cows are also an essential factor to increase earnings and genetic gain. This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of cow breeding value by using three methods (pedigree index [PI], pedigree-based best linear unbiased prediction [PBLUP], and genomic-BLUP [GBLUP]). The reference population (n = 16,971) was used to estimate breeding values for 481 females as a test population. The accuracy of GBLUP was 0.63, 0.66, 0.62 and 0.63 for carcass weight (CWT), eye muscle area (EMA), back-fat thickness (BFT), and marbling score (MS), respectively. As for the PBLUP method, accuracy of prediction was 0.43 for CWT, 0.45 for EMA, 0.43 for MS, and 0.44 for BFT. Accuracy of PI method was the lowest (0.28 to 0.29 for carcass traits). The increase by approximate 20% in accuracy of GBLUP method than other methods could be because genomic information may explain Mendelian sampling error that pedigree information cannot detect. Bias can cause reducing accuracy of estimated breeding value (EBV) for selected animals. Regression coefficient between true breeding value (TBV) and GBLUP EBV, PBLUP EBV, and PI EBV were 0.78, 0.625, and 0.35, respectively for CWT. This showed that genomic EBV (GEBV) is less biased than PBLUP and PI EBV in this study. In addition, number of effective chromosome segments (Me) statistic that indicates the independent loci is one of the important factors affecting the accuracy of BLUP. The correlation between Me and the accuracy of GBLUP is related to the genetic relationship between reference and test population. The correlations between Me and accuracy were -0.74 in CWT, -0.75 in EMA, -0.73 in MS, and -0.75 in BF, which were strongly negative. These results proved that the estimation of genetic ability using genomic data is the most effective, and the smaller the Me, the higher the accuracy of EBV.

Statistical Analysis of Stillbirths in Different Genotypes of Sows

  • Chu, M.X.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.18 no.10
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    • pp.1475-1478
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    • 2005
  • Statistical analysis was conducted on sow stillbirth traits of three genotypes with 2,400 litters including the Erhualian, Large White and the $F_1$ cross of these two breeds. Number of stillborn piglets per litter in the Erhualian, Large White and the $F_1$ averaged 0.85, 0.31 and 0.70, and percentage born alive averaged 95.0%, 97.0% and 95.5%, respectively. Erhualian sows with a greater litter size also had a higher stillbirth rate. Results of analysis of variance indicated that genotype, parity, farrowing year${\times}$farrowing season interaction and total number born had highly significant effects on both number of stillborn piglets per litter and percentage born alive in sows (p<0.0001). Farrowing year had no significant effect on number of stillborn piglets per litter (p>0.05), and highly significant effect on percentage born alive (p<0.01). Farrowing season had highly significant effects on both number of stillborn piglets per litter and percentage born alive (p<0.01). From parity one to parity ten, least squares means for number of stillborn piglets per litter progressively increased with increasing parity and least squares means for percentage born alive progressively decreased with increasing parity. Sows that farrowed in winter had the highest number of stillborn piglets per litter and the lowest percentage born alive, sows that farrowed in autumn had the lowest number of stillborn piglets per litter and the highest percentage born alive. With increasing total number born, least squares means for number of stillborn piglets per litter markedly increased and least squares means for percentage born alive markedly decreased. Results from analysis of paternal half sibs indicated that the heritabilities for number of stillborn piglets per litter and percentage born alive were 0.110 and 0.124, and the genetic, phenotypic and environmental correlations between them were -0.989, -0.951 and -0.948, respectively. These results indicated that number of stillborn piglets per litter and percentage born alive were traits with the similar genetic background.