Sex Effects on Breed of Sire Differences for Birth, Weaning, and Yearling Weights

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1528-1534

  Van Vleck, L D ^a,b   Cundiff, L V ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Breeds; Growth; Heritability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032088541     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.7661528x     Document Type: Article

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