Estimation of genetic parameters and variance components for growth traits in Romosinuano cattle in the Colombian humid tropics

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 482-491

  Sarmiento, R M ^a   Garcia, J P ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN TIBAITATÁ   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Correlation; Genetic; Growth; Heritability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY GROWTH; CATTLE; COLOMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; TROPICS; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 36048938961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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