Genotype by environment interaction in Nordic dairy cattle studied using reaction norms

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica - Section A: Animal Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 11-24

  Kolmodin, Rebecka ^a   Strandberg, Erling ^a   Madsen, Per ^a   Jensen, Just ^a   Jorjani, Hossein ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cow; Days open; Protein yield; Random regression model

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036033920     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064700252806380     Document Type: Article

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