Effects of heterogeneity of residual variance among contemporary groups on genetic evaluation of beef cattle;Efeitos da heterogeneidade de variância residual entre grupos de contemporâneos na avaliação genética de bovinos de corte

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1680-1688

  Carvalheiro, Roberto ^a   Fries, Luiz Alberto ^c   Schenkel, Flávio Schramm ^b   De Albuquerque, Lucia Galvão ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Bolsista CNPq ^*

Author keywords

Accuracy; Consistency; Simulation; Weighed estimate

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0345549492     PISSN: 01004859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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