Abstract
Random samples from generation S41 of the Virginia high and low 8-week body weight lines formed the base population for producing a multigenerational reciprocal intercross population. Although genetic mapping from this intercross has been reported, lacking are phenotypic trends across multiple generations. Here, we provide phenotypic information for the parental base population, the F1 reciprocal cross, and subsequent segregating recombinant generations F2 to F17. Heterosis for the selected trait in the F1 was negative for both reciprocal crosses. Phenotypic correlations for the selected trait in the recombinant generations were essentially nil for both males and females as was percent sexual dimorphism and coefficients of variation.
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