Linear and Curvilinear Effects of Inbreeding on Production…近亲繁殖对产量的线性和曲线效应.pdfVIP

J. Dairy Sci. 90:465–471 © American Dairy Science Association, 2007. Linear and Curvilinear Effects of Inbreeding on Production Traits for Walloon Holstein Cows C. Croquet,*†1 P. Mayeres,† A. Gillon,† H. Hammami,†‡ H. Soyeurt,†§ S. Vanderick,† and N. Gengler*† *National Fund for Scientific Research, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium †Animal Science Unit, Gembloux Agricultural University, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium ‡Livestock and Pasture Office, 1002 Tunis Belvedere, Tunisia ` §Fonds pour la Formation a la Recherche dans l’Industrie et dans l’Agriculture (FRIA), B-1000 Brussels, Belgium ABSTRACT sion. Two major hypotheses have been put forward to explain the genetic basis of inbreeding depression. Ac- The nonlinear effects of inbreeding were studied by cording to the first hypothesis, the partial dominance comparing linear and curvilinear regression models of hypothesis (Davenport, 1908; Bruce, 1910; Keeble and phenotypic performances on inbreeding coefficients for Pellew, 1910; Jones, 1917), inbreeding increases the production traits (milk, fat, and protein yields) of Hol- frequency of homozygotes; thus, inbreeding depression stein cows in their first lactation. Three different regres- is caused by the expression of deleterious recessive al- sion models (linear, quadratic, and cubic) were intro- leles in homozygous individuals. The second hypothe- duced separatel