Accounting for outliers and heteroskedasticity in multibreed genetic evaluations of postweaning gain of Nelore-Hereford cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 909-918

  Cardoso, F F ^a   Rosa, G J M ^b   Tempelman, R J ^c  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Beef cattle; Genetic evaluation; Heteroskedasticity; Multibreed; Robust model

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BREEDING; CATTLE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 34247258396     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2006-668     Document Type: Article

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