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POULTRY SCIENCE
卷 84, 期 4, 页码 536-542出版社
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DOI: 10.1093/ps/84.4.536
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correlated response; divergent selection; genetic trend; phenotypic trend; phytate phosphorus bioavailability
The current study was undertaken to evaluate the correlated responses to 3 generations of divergent selection for phytate phosphorus bioavailability (PBA) in the Athens-Canadian randombred chicken population. The traits studied were BW at 4 wk of age, BW gain (BWG), feed consumption (FC), and feed conversion ratio (FCR) during a period of 3 d. The first evaluation criterion was the cumulated divergent correlated response (CRC), which was calculated as the line difference of the least square means of phenotypic values for each trait at a given generation after adjustment for sex and hatch effects. The results showed a consistent correlated response in BW across generations. The CRC at generation G(3) was 26.8 g (P < 0.01). The chickens in the low PBA line (L line) had higher BW than the high PBA line (H line). The CRC for BWG, FC, and FCR were significant (P < 0.05) only at G(3). The second evaluation criterion was the average best linear unbiased prediction estimated breeding value (EBV). The results showed asymmetric genetic trends in BW, BWG, and FC, and the correlated responses were mainly due to the genetic changes that occurred in H line because little genetic change occurred in L line across generations. At G(3), the line differences of EBV were close to the CRC values for all the traits except FCR. This suggested that CRC and EBV criteria would tend to be consistent with the increase across generations. However, at G, and G(2), the line differences of the EBV actually deviated from the CRC values for BWG and FC. The inconsistency could be attributed to experimental errors and genetic drift that were not accounted by the fixed model for obtaining CRC.
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