Weighting factors of sire daughter information in international genetic evaluations

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1759-1767

  Fikse, W F ^a   Banos, G ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Daughter information; International comparisons; Simulation; Weighting factor

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAIRYING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LACTATION; MALE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LACTATION; MALE; REPRODUCTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035403306     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)74611-5     Document Type: Article

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