Estimation of quantitative genetic parameters

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 360, Issue 1459, 2005, Pages 1469-1477

  Thompson, Robin ^a,b   Brotherstone, Sue ^c   White, Ian M S ^c  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic parameters; Heritability; Milk yield; Residual maximum likelihood; Variance components

Indexed keywords

GENETICS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 31344456949     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2005.1676     Document Type: Short Survey

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