Estimation of genetic and phenotypic covariance functions for longitudinal or 'repeated' records by restricted maximum likelihood

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-200

  Meyer, Karin ^a,b   Hill, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Covariance functions; Genetic parameters; Repeated records; Restricted maximum likelihood

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 30244570021     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(96)01414-5     Document Type: Article

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