Genetics Review P2

The average age of all parents when their progeny are born.

• Contemporary Groups

• Generation Interval

• Genetic Assoication

• Genetic Trend

Same-sex animals that are maintained under similar management conditions in the same location and environment.

• Contemporary Groups

• Generation Interval

• Genetic Association

• Genetic Trend

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Difference in the strength of a trait in the base population average and the average of the selected parents.

• EPDs

• Heritability

• Livestock Evalutaion

• Selection Differential

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

The improvement in genetics that takes place over time within a breed due to selection.

• Contemporary Groups

• Generation Interval

• Genetic Assocaition

• Genetic Trend

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

Measures the strength of the relationship between the performance (phenotype) and breeding value (genotype) of an individual animal.

• EPDs

• Hereitability

• Livestock Evaluation

• Selection Differential

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

A modern tool that became popular in the last several decades to highlight the genetic characteristics of individual animals.

• EPDs

• Heritability

• Livestock Evaluation

• Selection Differential

Evaluating the characters of an animal and comparing it to other animals as well as the ideal standard for that species and breed.

• EPDs

• Heritability

• Livestock Evaluation

• Selection Differential

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Genetic relationships among traits resulting in genes favorable for the expression of one trait tending to be either favorable or unfavorable for the expression of another trait.

• Contemporary groups

• Generation Interval

• Genetic Association

• Genetic Trend

What does CE stand for on a Sire EPD chart?

What does CW stand for on a Sire EPD chart?