Maternal heritability and repeatability for litter traits in rabbits in a humid tropical environment

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 123-128

  Rastogi, R K ^a   Lukefahr, S D ^b   Lauckner, F B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^c Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Heritability; Litter traits; Maternal effects; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033669992     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(00)00180-9     Document Type: Article

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