Heritability estimates and correlations between subjectively assessed and objectively measured fleece traits in Merino sheep

South African Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 34, Issue 6SUPPL.2, 2004, Pages 38-40

  Naidoo, P ^a,b   Cloete, S W P ^a   Olivier, J J ^c  

^a Private Bag X1   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c ARC Animal Improvement Institute   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Correlations; Heritabilities; Linearly assessed traits; Subjective wool traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750972664     PISSN: 03751589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/sajas.v34i6.3825     Document Type: Article

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