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Meat products
Any kind of animal flesh that is eaten or sold as a marketable product.
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prepotent
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The ability of a parent to pass traits to its progeny so that they resemble the parent more than usual. Inbred sheep are usually more prepotent than outbred sheep because more ...
progeny testing
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The evaluation of an individual’s genotype using the performance records of its progeny.
phenotype
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The observed or measured expression of a trait for an individual (i.e. Weaning weight, birth type, etc). Phenotype is equal to genotype plus environment effects.
phenotypic correlation
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A correlation between two traits caused by genetic plus environmental factors influencing both traits.
performance test
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Systematic collection of performance information for use in decision making to improve genetic merit, productivity, efficiency and profitability.
nonadditive gene effects
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Favourable effects produced by specific gene combinations in which the members of the gene pairs are not equally expressed. This is the primary cause of heterosis.
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