Detection of quantitative trait loci influencing dairy traits using a model for longitudinal data

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2681-2691

  Rodriguez Zas, S L ^a   Southey, B R ^a   Heyen, D W ^a   Lewin, H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Lactation curve; Longitudinal data; Nonlinear mixed effects model; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOS TAURUS;

MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; LACTATION; MILK; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; LACTATION; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MILK; MILK PROTEINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036783012     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74354-3     Document Type: Article

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