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Selection for resistance to myxomatosis in domestic rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

W. R. Sobey
W. R. Sobey
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Division of Animal Genetics, P.O. Box 90, Epping N.S.W. 2121
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1. Response to selection was achieved with all strains of Myxoma virus used.

2. Heritability of resistance to myxomatosis was determined by intra-sire correlation using survival time as an index and by an all-or-none probit analysis. Both resulted in an estimate of heritability of about 35–40%.

3. The ability of animals to survive myxomatosis varied widely with environ mental variation in time.

I am indebted to W. Menzies for his very able assistance in all aspects of the work; to Dorothy Conolly for her critical assistance with data analysis, and to Dr J. M. Rendel for suggesting the probit analysis for determining heritability.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 67 , Issue 4 , December 1969 , pp. 743 - 754
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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