Estimates of direct, maternal and grandmaternal genetic effects for growth traits in Gobra cattle

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 363-367

  Diop, M ^a,c   Dodenhoff, J ^a,d   Van Vleck, L D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c ISRA LNERV   (Senegal)

^d Abteilung Schweine   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; COVARIANCE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH; MODEL; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; VARIANCE; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032868685     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47571999000300013     Document Type: Article

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