Genetic evaluation of growth traits of Santa Inês hair sheep using random regression models;Avaliação genética de características de crescimento de ovinos Santa Inês utilizando modelos de regressão aleatória

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-77

  Sarmento, J L R ^a,d   Torres, R A ^a,d   Pereira, C S ^a,e   Sousa, W H ^b   Lopes, P S ^a   Araujo C V ^c   Euclydes, R F ^a,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b PB ^*

^c Universidade Federal Rural do Amazonas   (Venezuela)

^d Bolsista CNPq   (Brazil)

^e Bolsista FAPEMIG   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Animal model; Hairless sheep; Heritability; Legendre polynomial; Maternal effect

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33646244251     PISSN: 01020935     EISSN: 01020935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-09352006000100011     Document Type: Article

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