A new method aimed at using the dominance variance in closed breeding populations.docVIP

new method aimed at using CIT-INIA, Departamento de Produ.ccion Animal, Apartado 8111, 28080 Madrid, Spain Summary - A new method that allows use of part of the dominance effects in a closed population is proposed. In the framework of a progeny test selection scheme, the method basically consists of performing 2 types of matings: a) minimum coancestry matings in order to obtain the progenies that will constitute the commercial population and that will also be utilized for testing purposes, and b) maximum coancestry matings from which the population will be propagated. The performance of t