Application of mixed model methodology in breeding strategies for laying fowl

World's Poultry Science Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 332-336

  Wezyk S ^a   Szwaczkowski, T ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION   (Poland)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Animal model; Breeding value; Laying fowl; Selection index

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944445825     PISSN: 00439339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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