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Table 1.

Numbers of gilts, litters, and sires of gilts within each replication and line¹

Item	Line	Gilts, n	Litters, n	Sires,² n
Replication
1	LW/LR	80	29	10
	L45X	80	24	11
2	LW/LR	100	20	7
	L45X	57	15	6
3	LW/LR	80	19	6
	L45X	79	37	7
4	LW/LR	95	50	9
	L45X	90	17	7
Total	LW/LR	355	118	32
	L45X	306	93	31

Item	Line	Gilts, n	Litters, n	Sires,² n
Replication
1	LW/LR	80	29	10
	L45X	80	24	11
2	LW/LR	100	20	7
	L45X	57	15	6
3	LW/LR	80	19	6
	L45X	79	37	7
4	LW/LR	95	50	9
	L45X	90	17	7
Total	LW/LR	355	118	32
	L45X	306	93	31

¹LW/LR = Large White-Landrace cross; L45X = Nebraska selection Line 45 cross. One-half of the gilts within each litter were randomly assigned to each gilt developmental regimen.

²The same sires were used to produce gilts of both lines.

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