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Table 3 The proportion of Texel ancestors within Australian breeds

From: Evidence for multiple alleles effecting muscling and fatness at the Ovine GDF8 locus

Breed

Sires 1

Sires with Texel ancestor 2

Prop. Sires Texel ancestor

Border Leicester

124

0

0.000

Coopworth

130

69

0.531

Poll Dorset

1942

11

0.006

Texel

291

291

1.000

Suffolk

264

4

0.015

White Suffolk

1853

204

0.110

Dorper

319

0

0.000

Merino

91

0

0.000

Commercial Terminals 3

102

11

0.108

Total

5116

590

0.115

  1. 1 Number of sires with five generation pedigrees available for examination.
  2. 2 Number of sires with at least one recorded Texel male or female ancestor.
  3. 3 Composite or mixed breed sires used in the meat sheep industry.