ArticleGenetics, selection, evolution : GSE2017
Selection for environmental variance of litter size in rabbits.
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- Effect of Selection for Litter Size Variability on Growth, Carcass and Meat Quality in Rabbits.Veterinary sciences · 2025Article
- Selection for Resilience in Livestock Production Systems.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Capturing resilience from phenotypic deviations: a case study using feed consumption and whole genome data in pigs.BMC genomics · 2024Article
- Microbiome composition as a potential predictor of longevity in rabbits.Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE · 2024Article
- A first characterization of the microbiota-resilience link in swine.Microbiome · 2024Article
- Micro-genetic environmental sensitivity across macro-environments of chickens reared in Burkina Faso and France.Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE · 2023Article
- A promising resilience parameter for breeding: the use of weight and feed trajectories in growing pigs.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2023Article
- Selection for environmental variance shifted the gut microbiome composition driving animal resilience.Microbiome · 2023Article
- Effect of environmental variance-based resilience selection on the gut metabolome of rabbits.Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE · 2023Article
- Differential sensitivity of climate conditions on birth weight genetic values in mice divergently selected for birth weight residual variance.Journal of animal science · 2023Article
- Selection for environmental variance of litter size in rabbits involves genes in pathways controlling animal resilience.Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE · 2021Article
- Evaluation of direct and maternal responses in reproduction traits based on different selection strategies for postnatal piglet survival in a selection experiment.Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE · 2021Article
- Effects of genetics and early-life mild hypoxia on size variation in farmed gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata).Fish physiology and biochemistry · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the genetic determination of environmental variance. In the case of litter size, environmental variance can be related to the capacity of animals to adapt to new environmental conditions, which can improve animal welfare.
resultsWe developed a ten-generation divergent selection experiment on environmental variance. We selected one line of rabbits for litter size homogeneity and one line for litter size heterogeneity by measuring intra-doe phenotypic variance. We proved that environmental variance of litter size is genetically determined and can be modified by selection. Response to selection was 4.5% of the original environmental variance per generation. Litter size was consistently higher in the Low line than in the High line during the entire experiment.
conclusionsWe conclude that environmental variance of litter size is genetically determined based on the results of our divergent selection experiment. This has implications for animal welfare, since animals that cope better with their environment have better welfare than more sensitive animals. We also conclude that selection for reduced environmental variance of litter size does not depress litter size.
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