Short communication: Effect of phantom parent grouping and properties of deregression for a low heritability trait

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2393-2395

  Mark, T ^a   Fikse, W F ^a   Emanuelson, U ^a   Philipsson, J ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deregression; Genetic group; Low heritability; Multiple trait across country evaluation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MILK; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; MALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MODELS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036731299     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74320-8     Document Type: Article

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