Relationship between a bull's parental genetic merit difference and subsequent progeny trait variability in Angus, Gelbvieh, and Limousin cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2540-2546

  Bullock, K D ^a   Thrift, F A ^a   Aaron, D K ^a   Bertrand, J K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Correlation; Progeny Testing

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; MALE;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; MALE; SAMPLING STUDIES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034296476     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2000.78102540x     Document Type: Article

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