J. Sánchez

Implications of dominance deviations for reproductive and morphological traits in the genetic management of the Pura Raza Española horse

Dominance is a non-additive genetic effect involving allele interaction at the same locus. In animal breeding, it has often been ignored due to its complexity and the low accuracy of pedigree-based estimates. This study analysed dominance variance components for reproductive traits [age at first foaling (AFF), reproduc...