@conference {40737,
	title = {Establishing a flock for gene mapping in wool traits},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {55},
	year = {1995},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {285-288},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {A gene mapping flock for wool traits was established by backcrossing  of Merino cross Romney (F1) to both parental breeds. The objectives for  this flock were to investigate the segregation of wool and skin characteristics  in crosses between the Merino and Romney and to investigate methods for  the analysis of genetic markers and quantitative trait loci. Analysis of  Merino backcross animals showed no evidence of major genes segregating  for any of the wool traits studied. The analysis estimated a finite number of  genes affecting fibre diameter and bulk. A genetic marker study of these  family groups may provide more powerful analysis for the presence of genes  affecting wool traits that may be segregating in these crosses.  },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Wuliji T and Montgomery GM and Dodds KG and Andrews RN and Beattie AE and Turner PR and Rogers J}
}
@conference {40736,
	title = {MOET in ultrafine Merinos: An experimental evaluation},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {55},
	year = {1995},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {281-284},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Results of experimental MOET programme in elite ewes selected from  within an ultrafine Merino flock are presented. Of the treated ewes, 60\%  provided transferable donors with a mean of 16.7 ovulations and 10.4  embryos recovered, 7.8 embryos transferred, 3.9 lambs born and 3.1 lambs  weaned per donor ewe. The wool produced by hoggets from this elite  embryo transfer group was 0.9 um (P0.01) finer than that from their  contemporaries in the ultrafine selection flock and 2.5 um (P0.01) finer than  a random Merino control group. The improvement in fibre diameter was  better than expected from the selection differentials, but not significantly so.   The h2 estimates for liveweight, clean fleece weight, fibre diameter and yield  in three flocks of fine woolled Merinos were 0.50, 0.32, 0.39 and 0.58  respectively. The MOET programme was successfully applied to increase  the number of progeny from elite ultrafine Merino ewes.  },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Wuliji T and Aspinall J and Land JTJ and Shackell GH and Dodds KG and Andrews RN and Rogers J}
}
