Heterogeneity of Variances for Carcass Traits by Percentage Brahman Inheritance

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1803-1809

  Crews Jr , D H ^a,b   Franke, D E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brahman; Carcasses; Inheritance; Variance Components

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; CATTLE; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; MEAT; PHENOTYPE; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; CATTLE; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MEAT; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032110559     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.7671803x     Document Type: Article

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