Influence of Dominance Relationships on the Estimation of Dominance Variance with Sire-Dam Subclass Effects

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2885-2891

  Gengler, N ^a,d   Van Vleck, L D ^a   MacNeil, M D ^b   Misztal, I ^c   Pariacote, F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dominance; Genetic Parameters; Growth; Hereford

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; DOMINANT GENE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GOVERNMENT; GROWTH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GROWTH; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031265368     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.75112885x     Document Type: Article

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