A WEBSITE DOCUMENTING AUSTRALIAN SHEEP GENETICS RESEARCH FLOCKS

摘要

Genetics research in the Australian sheep industry is an area of activity which has been pursued for more than 50 years. Over that time, CSIRO, state departments of agriculture, and universities have initiated many experimental flocks. In these experimental flocks, phenotypic data and biological samples have been collected. These measurements and samples represent a huge number of individual animals from relevant industry breed genotypes, managed in a variety of environments. In establishing its genetics research program, the Australian Sheep Industries CRC recognised the value of these historical data and samples, as a starting point to investigate the genetic relationships between wool, meat, reproduction, disease and feed efficiency traits.