Random regression test-day models for milk yield records, with different structure of residual variances;Utilização de modelos de regressão aleatória para produção de leite no dia do controle, com diferentes estruturas de variâncias residuais

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1104-1113

  El Faro, Lenira ^a,b   De Albuquerque, Lucia Galvão ^a,c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE ZOOTECNIA   (Brazil)

^c Pesquisador do CNPq   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Covariance functions; Genetic parameters; Milk yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142711151     PISSN: 15163598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-35982003000500010     Document Type: Article

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