Genetic components of litter size variability in sheep

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 249-271

  SanCristobal Gaudy, Magali ^a   Bodin, Loys ^a   Elsen, Jean Michel ^a   Chevalet, Claude ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Canalising selection; Heterogeneous variances; Litter size; Sheep; Threshold trait

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAMB; LITTER SIZE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SHEEP; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TWINS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0034950997     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/gse:2001101     Document Type: Article

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