Cumulative discounted expressions of sire genotypes for the complex vertebral malformation and β-casein loci in commercial dairy herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4426-4433

  Kearney, J F ^a   Amer, P R ^b   Villanueva, B ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ABACUSBIO LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Commercial dairy herd; Cumulative discounted expression; Gene flow; Genotype

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144530555     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)73129-5     Document Type: Article

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