Application of REML procedure to estimate the genetic parameters of weekly liveweights in one-to-one sire and dam pedigree recorded Japanese quail

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-28

  Saatci, M ^a,c   Ap Dewi, I ^b   Aksoy, A R ^a  

^a KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0037291469     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0388.2003.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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