Additive and Nonadditive Genetic Variability for Growth Traits in the Turipaná Romosinuano-Zebu Multibreed Herd

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1539-1549

  Elzo, M A ^a   Manrique, C ^b   Ossa, G ^c   Acosta, O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Analysis of Covariance; Beef Cattle; Genetic Parameters; Growth; Populations

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHENOTYPE; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; VARIATION (GENETICS); WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032087627     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.7661539x     Document Type: Article

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