Estimation of (co)variance components for reproductive traits in Angus beef cattle divergently selected for blood serum IGF-I concentration

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2285-2292

  Yilmaz, A ^a,c   Davis, M E ^a   Simmen, R C M ^b,d,e  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Heritability; Insulin Like Growth Factor I; Physiology; Reproduction; Selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 4243108385     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2004.8282285x     Document Type: Article

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