Abstract
Data from 332 female ICR mice were utilized to study in vitro developmental competency (IVDC; percentage of fertilized one cell embryos developing to blastocysts in vitro per female donor). A mean + SD of 49.28% + 31.0 was found, displaying a very large between female variation for this trait. The distribution of IVDC ranged from 0% to 100% competency. Two generations of replicated divergent selection for IVDC in ICR mice were carried out. No significant pattern of response was observed. Estimation of heritability by daughter - dam regression yielded an estimate of . 12 + .18, indicating that the large between female variation in IVDC is not of an additive genetic nature.
Proceedings of the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Volume XII. Biotechnology, selection experiments, parameter estimation, design of breeding systems, management of genetic resources., , 109–114, 1986
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