... maternal effects in animal breeding VII . Maternal effects in sheep . J. Anim . Sci . , 35 : 1324—1334 . Chang , T. S. , og Rae , A. L. , 1972 : The genetic basis of growht , reproduction , and maternal environ- ment in Romney ewes II ...
... Maternal effect The most likely cause of maternal effects are differences in egg size or egg quality among females . There are some reports which have shown significant effects of egg size on growth rate in rainbow trout fingerlings un ...
... maternal effects on weaning weight . Heritability estimates of the maternal effect on weaning 0.34 ( Table 5 ) . Such estimates , however , are not solely indicative of the dam's milking ability as they will include as well the growth ...