Using mechanistic animal growth models to estimate genetic parameters of biological traits

Animal

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 489-499

  Doeschl Wilson, A B ^a   Knap, P W ^b   Kinghorn, B P ^c   Van Der Steen, H A M ^d  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PIC International Group   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d Gate House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological traits; Genetic parameters; Mechanistic models; Pigs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BREEDING; CARCASS; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 34247595330     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731107691848     Document Type: Article

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