Accounting for variance heterogeneity in French dairy cattle genetic evaluation

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 343-357

  Robert Granie C ^a   Bonaiti B ^a   Boichard, D ^a   Barbat, A ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Genetic evaluation; Heteroskedasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344563446     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(99)00105-0     Document Type: Article

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