Breeding value and variance components estimation for birth and 120 days weight of charolais cattle with respect to direct and maternal genetic effect

Czech Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 397-403

  Pribyl J ^a   Seba K ^b   Pribylova J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b Czech Beef Breeders Association   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Breeding value; Maternal effect; Variance components

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034258553     PISSN: 12121819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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