Abstract
Abstract An experiment was carried out to study direct and indirect responses to selection in Romney sheep. There were two selection lines, one selected for greasy fleece weight (GFW) and the other for liveweight (LW), maintained alongside a control line (CO). Data from lambs born in 1967–90 were analysed to quantify the correlated responses to selection. By 1990, there had been an average of nine generations of selection with an average generation interval of 2.7 years. The correlated responses analysed included yearling and ewe greasy and clean fleece weights, washing yield, yearling and ewe fleece quality traits (staple length, mean fibre diameter, fibre diameter variation, loose wool bulk, Commission Internationale de l'Eclairange (CIE) Y value (brightness) and CIE Y—Z value (yellowness)), birth weight, weaning weight, yearling liveweight, ewe pre‐mating weight, and ewe reproductive rate (fertility, litter size, weaning percentage, and lamb survival). Correlated responses were estimated as the deviati...
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