Variances of Direct Genetic Effects, Maternal Genetic Effects, and Cytoplasmic Inheritance Effects for Milk Yield, Fat Yield, and Fat Percentage

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 544-549

  Albuquerque, L G ^b   Keown, J F ^a   Van Vleck, L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic effects; Holsteins; Restricted maximum likelihood; Variance components

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LACTATION; MALE; MILK; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; LACTATION; LIPIDS; MALE; MILK; PHENOTYPE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031991466     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75606-1     Document Type: Article

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