Bibliographic citations
Pinares, R., (2017). Parámetros genéticos para la medulación y el diámetro de fibra en alpacas (Vicugna pacos) Huacaya del Fundo Experimental Pacomarca [Tesis, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12996/3033
Pinares, R., Parámetros genéticos para la medulación y el diámetro de fibra en alpacas (Vicugna pacos) Huacaya del Fundo Experimental Pacomarca [Tesis]. : Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina; 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12996/3033
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title = "Parámetros genéticos para la medulación y el diámetro de fibra en alpacas (Vicugna pacos) Huacaya del Fundo Experimental Pacomarca",
author = "Pinares Huamaní, Rubén",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina",
year = "2017"
}
The aim was to estimate the heritability and genetic correlation between medullation and individual fiber diameter. Fiber samples from 36 Huacaya alpacas (males between 0.4 and 10.4 years old) were taken from Pacomarca experimental farm. A total of 21600 individual fibers were classified into 5 categories of medullation (CM) and at the same time individual fiber diameter (FD) was measured by projection microscope (PM) following the IWTO-8 regulation and the percentage of medullated fibers was calculated per sample (PMF). Also the mean fiber diameter (MFD) and PMF were measured by OFDA 100. The statistical model used for estimating genetic parameters of CM and FD included the age effect as a linear and quadratic covariate, the additive genetic effect and the permanent environmental as random effects. Eight continuous models and eight threshold models were evaluated, under a Bayesian approach, using TM software. Each model were tested using four univariate models to estimate heritability of CM and four bivariate models to estimate heritability of CM and FD. Genetic correlation between CM and FD was also estimated using bivariate models. The PMF and the MFD by medullation category were: non-medullated 32.56%, 17.58μm; fragmented 29.29%, 21.49μm; discontinuous 14.01%, 24.04μm; and continuous 23.90%, 28.04μm. The correlation between MFD measurement by PM and by OFDA was 0.86; and the correlation between the percentage of continuous medullated fibers measured by MP and the PMF measured by OFDA was 0.79. The estimated heritability of CM using continuous models ranged from 0.23 ± 0.08 to 0.36 ± 0.13. However, the estimated heritability of CM using threshold models was low and ranged from 0.11 ± 0.05 to 0.15 ± 0.06. The genetic correlations between CM and FD were high from bivariate continuous models. In sum, if the amount of medullated fibers is reduced, the individual fiber diameter in alpaca fleece will decrease.
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