Assessing relationships between genetic evaluations using robust regression with an application to holsteins in uruguay

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-34

  Rosa, Guilherme J M ^a,b   Gianola, Daniel ^b   Urioste, Jorge I ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Laboratorio de Sistemática e Historia Natural de Vertebrados   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic Evaluation; Holstein; Robust Regression; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035256285     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/090647001300004763a     Document Type: Article

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