Indirect genetic effects (IGE) occur when the genotype of an individual affects the phenotypic
trait value of another conspecific individual. IGEs can have profound effects on both the …

Social interactions between individuals living in a group can have both positive and
negative effects on welfare, productivity, and health of these individuals. Negative effects of …

The objective of this study was to extract novel phenotypes related to disease resilience
using daily feed intake data from growing pigs under a multifactorial natural disease …

Social interactions, especially those involving competition among individuals, are important
in domesticated livestock and in natural populations. The heritability of traits affected by such …

As a result of selecting for increased litter size, newborn piglets are being born lighter and
have a lower chance of survival. Raising fewer pigs to market weight would have a negative …

Quantifying direct and indirect genetic effects of interacting females and males on variation
in jointly expressed life‐history traits is central to predicting microevolutionary dynamics …

Socially affected traits in pigs are controlled by direct genetic effects and social genetic
effects, which can make elucidation of their genetic architecture challenging. We evaluated …

Within-population variation in the traits underpinning reproductive output has long been of
central interest to biologists. Since they are strongly linked to lifetime reproductive success …

Phenological traits, such as the timing of reproduction, are often influenced by social
interactions between paired individuals. Such partner effects may occur when pair members …

In livestock social interactions, social genetic effects (SGE) represent associations between
phenotype of one individual and genotype of another. Such associations occur when the …