Estimation of genetic parameters in meat-type chickens;Estimação de parâmetros genéticos em aves de corte

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1119-1123

  Lopes, Paulo Sávio ^a   Quaas, Richard L ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic correlation; Heritability; Restricted maximum likelihood

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 3142613338     PISSN: 01004859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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