Genetics of dairy production

Genetic variation = component 1 to genetic progress

Previous studies showed that distribution of genetic value for a population follow a normal distribution:

The usual measure of variation is the variance which is the standard deviation of individual squared deviation of individual records from their population average.

The variation that is caused by genetic differences among individuals is called the genetic variance.

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