Inferences about variance components and selection response for body weight in chickens

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 413-425

  Su, G ^a   Sorensen P ^a   Sorensen, D ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Daily gain in broilers; Gibbs sampling; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031443338     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/gse:19970401     Document Type: Article

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