Prenatal and postnatal correlated responses in maternal traits of mice assessed by crossfostering 英文参考文献.docVIP

Department of Animal Science, North Carolina State University Box 7621, Raleigh, NC 27695-7621, U.S.A. A and postnatal maternal effects for maternal traits of mice (female body crossfostering design was used to estimate correlated responses in prenatal genetic at parturition and at 12-d postpartum, litter size and weight at birth, percent born alive, standardized (12 pups) 12-d litter weight and birth to 12-d litter feed efficiency = litter weight gain/dam feed intake). Lines of mice had been selected as follows : large first-parity litter size at birth (L+) ; large 6-wk body weight (W+) ; an index for large litter size and small 6-wk body weight (L+W-) and randomly (K). Prenatal line refers to the line into which a female was born, and postnatal line is that of the foster mother that nursed the female. Crossfostering sets were formed at birth with equal numbers of larger litters at birth and larger litter weights at birth and 12-d postpartum (P 0.05). interactions were found between number reared and biologically important genetic effects or between number reared and postnatal maternal effects. Selection for litter size at birth and (or) 6-wk body weight resulted in large correlated responses maternal traits. Correlated responses in postnatal maternal effects were compared with prenatal genetic effects. Prenatal genetic by postnatal maternal interactions generally were not of biological importance. Postnatal maternal effects contributed much less to correlated responses in traits associated with reproduction and maternal performance compared with growth-related traits. Key words : Correlated responses, maternal effects, reproductive trnits, Un les effets génétiques prénataux et les effets maternels postnataux d’aptitude maternelle chez la souris (poids corporel de la femelle lors de l’accouplement, dispositif d’allaitement croisé a été utilisé pour estimer les réponses corrélées sur po