Assessment of environmental descriptors for studying genotype by environment interaction

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 82, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 223-231

  Fikse, W F ^a   Rekaya, R ^a,c   Weigel, K A ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental descriptor; Guernsey; Random regression; Reaction norm

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0042877274     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(03)00009-5     Document Type: Article

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