Reaction norms in weights at 365 days old in nellore bulls in northern Brazil
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Published:2015-12-16
Issue:6Supl2
Volume:36
Page:4613
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ISSN:1679-0359
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Container-title:Semina: Ciências Agrárias
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language:
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Short-container-title:SCA
Author:
Ferreira Jorge Luís,Assis Alliny Souza de,Lopes Fernando Brito,Murphy Thomas Wayne,Silva Marcelo Corrêa da,Garcia José Américo Soares,Marques Ednira Gleida
Abstract
<p>Genotype by environment interaction (GxE) studies are of particular interest in Brazil because of the regional diversity of environmental effects and the wide variety of management systems. The present study evaluates GxE effects on 365 d weight (365W) of Nellore cattle raised on pasture in northern Brazil. The analysis utilized random regression techniques to model the reaction norm. Fixed effects consisted of sex, contemporary group, and the covariate of age of cow at calving. The environmental gradient, defined by the concatenation of a bull and the state in which the calf was born, was modeled by second order Legendre polynomials. Direct additive genetic and residual effects were fit as random. Results showed differences in the magnitude of expression of genotype in proportion to decreasing favorability of the environment. As the environment became more unfavorable, the correlation of breeding value to different environments decreased. The correlations between the intercept and the level slope for 365W feature were of moderate magnitude, predominantly indicating the reclassification of sires in different environments. Reaction standard model was coherent from a technical and biological view point and enabled the perception of GxE in the genetic evaluation of Nellore cattle in the states of Maranhão, Pará and Tocantins.</p><p> </p>
Publisher
Universidade Estadual de Londrina
Subject
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Cited by
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