Estimates of (co)variances due to direct and maternal effects for body weights in Timahdite sheep

Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 409-414

  Boujenane, I ^a,b   Kansari, J ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

^b Morocco Société Nationale de Développement de l'Elevage   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Body weight; Correlation; Heritability; Maternal effects; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LAMB; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0036323102     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800052553     Document Type: Article

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