Estimating maternal genetic effects in livestock

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 800-806

  Bijma, P ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bias; Environmental covariance; Genetic parameter; Maternal effect; Model; Variance component estimation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33748808093     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2006.844800x     Document Type: Article

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