Estimates of genetic parameters for direct and maternal effects with six different models on birth and weaning weights of Turkish merino lambs

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 383-389

  Ekiz, Bülent ^a   Özcan, Mustafa ^a   Yilmaz, Alper ^a   Ceyhan, Ayhan ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Marmara Animal Breeding Research Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Birth and weaning weights; Genetic parameters; Maternal effects; Turkish Merino lambs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LAMB; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; LAMB; MARMARA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 2342519957     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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