Estimates of parameters between direct and maternal genetic effects for weaning weight and direct genetic effects for carcass traits in crossbred cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3107-3111

  Splan, R K ^a,d   Cundiff, L V ^b   Dikeman, M E ^c   Van Vleck, L D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossbreeding; Genetic Correlation; Heritability

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEAT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; STANDARD; WEANING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MEAT; MODELS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; WEANING;

EID: 0038518437     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2002.80123107x     Document Type: Article

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