Nonlinear genetic relationships between traits and their implications on the estimation of genetic parameters

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3119-3125

  Fuerst Waltl, Birgit ^a,b   Essl, Alois ^a   Sölkner, Johann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Computer Simulation; Estimation; Genetic Parameters; Heritability; Regression

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031305803     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.75123119x     Document Type: Article

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