Design and phenotyping procedures for recording wool, skin, parasite resistance, growth, carcass yield and quality traits of the SheepGENOMICS mapping flock

Title
Design and phenotyping procedures for recording wool, skin, parasite resistance, growth, carcass yield and quality traits of the SheepGENOMICS mapping flock
Publication Date
2012
Author(s)
White, Jason D
Allingham, Peter G
Daetwyler, Hans D
Usmar, Jonathan
Goddard, Mike E
Henshall, John M
Dominik, Sonja
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1942-8539
Email: sdomini2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:sdomini2
Brewer, Heather
Van Der Werf, Julius H
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2512-1696
Email: jvanderw@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jvanderw
Nicholas, Frank W
Warner, Robyn
Hofmyer, Chris
Gorman, Chris M
Longhurst, Terry
Fisher, Troy
Swan, Paul
Forage, Rob
Oddy, Hutton
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1783-1049
Email: hoddy2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:hoddy2
Emery, David L
Hynd, Philip
Owens, John
Bell, Amy
Siddell, Jason
Harper, Greg
Hayes, Ben J
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
CSIRO Publishing
Place of publication
Australia
DOI
10.1071/AN11085
UNE publication id
une:12738
Abstract
A major aim of the research program known as SheepGENOMICS was to deliver DNA markers for commercial breeding programs. To that end, a resource flock was established, comprehensively phenotyped and genotyped with DNA markers. The flock of nearly 5000 sheep, born over two consecutive years, was extensively phenotyped, with more than 100 recorded observations being made on most of the animals. This generated more than 460 000 records over 17 months of gathering information on each animal. Here, we describe the experimental design and sample-collection procedures, and provide a summary of the basic measurements taken. Data from this project are being used to identify collections of genome markers for estimating genomic breeding values for new sheep industry traits.
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Citation
Animal Production Science, 52(3), p. 157-171
ISSN
1836-5787
1836-0939
Start page
157
End page
171

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