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Lamb
Lamb and mutton is the meat attained from the killing of domestic sheep. The meat of a sheep in its first year is lamb, the meat of juvenile sheep older than a year is called hogget, the meat of an adult sheep is called mutton.
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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 homozygous gene pairs ...
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.
