Includes bibliographical references (leaves 325-341). / xxvii, 341 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Skin and fleece measurements were recorded at different ages for both male and female sheep from the Turretfield Merino Resource Flock and used to estimate the heritability of each trait and the phenotypic and genetic correlations among and between the skin and fleece traits. Generally, the heritability of each trait was high, which indicates that both the fleece and skin traits should respond well to selection. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Animal Science, 2001
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/262951 |
| Date | January 2001 |
| Creators | Hill, Jane Adair |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
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