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Meat products
Any kind of animal flesh that is eaten or sold as a marketable product.
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heterosis
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The increase in performance observed for a specific crossbred above the average performance of the parental lines.
heritability
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Is the proportion of a measured or observed trait that is transmitted to the offspring by genes. Therefore, the higher the heritability, the more likely the individual’s actual ...
heredity
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The transmission of characteristics from parents to their offspring through genes.
genotype environment interaction
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Changes in the ranking of performance of genotypes in different environments. For example, one genotype may perform the best in one environment and only average in another ...
half-sibs
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Individuals who have the same sire or dam (i.e. half brothers and half sisters).
genotype
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The actual genetic make-up of an individual as determined by its genes.
genetic progress
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An increase in the average genetic merit of a population for a particular trait as a result of selective breeding.
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