Integrating three genetic dimensions relating to piglet birth weight: direct and maternal effects on the mean and genetic control of residual variance
Ewa Sell‐Kubiak, Claudia Kasper, A.A. Lepori, Juan Pablo Gutiérrez, Nora Formoso‐Rafferty, Negar Khayatzadeh, I. Cervantes
This paper estimates direct and maternal genetic effects on piglet birth weight and its variability, finding maternal effects are crucial while direct effects are negligible.
animal · Sep 11, 2025Peer-reviewedGenetics