Validation of an approximate REML algorithm for parameter estimation in a multitrait, multiple across-country evaluation model: A simulation study

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 4846-4855

  Tarres J ^a,b   Liu, Z ^a   Ducrocq, V ^b   Reinhardt, F ^a   Reents, R ^a  

^a Vereinigte Informationssysteme Tierhaltung wV VIT   (Germany)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Daughter yield deviation; Effective daughter contribution; Multiple across country evaluation; Restricted maximum likelihood

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748959341     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0072     Document Type: Article

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