Estimation of (Co)variance function coefficients for test day yield with a expectation-maximization restricted maximum likelihood algorithm

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1849.e1-1849.e23

  Gengler, N ^a,b   Tijani, A ^b   Wiggans, G R ^c   Misztal, I ^d  

^a FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

(Co)variance function coefficients; Correlation; Heritability; Test day model

Indexed keywords

EID: 22444455119     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(99)75417-2     Document Type: Article

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