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Meat products
Any kind of animal flesh that is eaten or sold as a marketable product.
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genetic merit
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The genetic worth of an animal for a particular trait can be expressed as an EPD, EBV or ABC.
genetic correlation
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Relationships between traits that arise because some of the same genes affect both traits.
generation interval
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Average age of parents when the animals that will replace them in the flock are born. This represents the average turnover rate of a flock.
gene
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The basic genetic unit of heredity that occurs in pairs in an individual, but is passed to progeny from one parent as a single unit.
F1
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Progeny resulting from the mating of a purebred ram and a purebred ewe of different breeds.
expected progeny difference (EPD)
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The expected difference between the progeny performance of a breed average animal and the performance of an individual’s progeny for any given trait(s).
estimated breeding value (EBV)
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An estimate of an animal’s genetic merit for a particular trait based on the individual’s performance and the performance of relatives. This value is expressed as a difference ...
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