Analysis of litter size and average litter weight in pigs using a recursive model

Genetics

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1791-1799

  Varona, Luis ^a   Sorensen, Daniel ^b   Thompson, Robin ^c,d  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COVARIANCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETIC TRAIT; LITTER SIZE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUS SCROFA;

SUIDAE;

EID: 37249026079     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.077818     Document Type: Article

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