Abstract

Progeny test mating was carried out for 7 high fleece weight (HFW) and 5 random control (RC) sires from the Woodlands breeding flocks in 1987, and for a 4 HFW sires in 1988. In 1990, 8 of the surviving HFW sires were backcross mated to their daughters (born in 1987 and 1988). There was no evidence for any of these sires being heterozygous, or for any of the sires involved in the backcross being homozygous, for a major gene which affects either fleece weight or liveweight.

RMW, Sumner, RH Stobart, and DL Johnson

Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production, Volume 53, , 307-310, 1993
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