Table 2 Age (in years) and number of effective generations known (in years) in pedigrees per breed and category of candidates
From: Optimized diffusion of buck semen for saving genetic variability in selected dairy goat populations
Breed | Category | Age Average | Age St. dev. | No of effective generations Average | No of effective generations St. dev. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alpine | Tested bucks | 5.7 | 1.1 | 7.6 | 0.4 |
Alpine | Young bucks | 1.6 | 0.1 | 8.5 | 0.4 |
Alpine | Dams | 3.0 | 1.3 | 6.7 | 2.8 |
Saanen | Tested bucks | 5.2 | 1.5 | 6.9 | 0.5 |
Saanen | Young bucks | 1.6 | 0.1 | 8.0 | 0.4 |
Saanen | Dams | 2.9 | 1.3 | 6.5 | 2.9 |