The inheritance of fibre traits in a crossbred population of cashmere goats

Animal Science

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 429-436

  Bishop, S C ^a   Russel, A J F ^a  

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Author keywords

Cashmere; Fibre quality; Genetic parameters; Goats; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030524952     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800015320     Document Type: Article

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