Breeding value evaluation in Polish fur animals: Estimates of (co)variances due to direct and litter effects for fur coat and reproduction traits

Czech Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-46

  Wierzbicki, Heliodor ^a   Jagusiak, W ^b  

^a WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arctic fox; Fur coat traits; Genetic parameters; Normal probability scale transformation; Reproductive traits

Indexed keywords

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANIMALIA;

EID: 33750111327     PISSN: 12121819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/3907-cjas     Document Type: Article

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