Estimation of direct and maternal effects on body weight in Mehraban sheep using random regression models

Archives Animal Breeding

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-246

  Kesbi, F G ^a   Eskandarinasab, M ^a   Shahir, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZANJAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

body weight; heritability; Mehraban sheep; random regression; variance function

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 46849083290     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: 23639822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/aab-51-235-2008     Document Type: Article

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