Genotype by environment interaction for 450-day weight of Nelore cattle analyzed by reaction norm models

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 281-287

  Pégolo, Newton T ^a   Oliveira, Henrique N ^b   Albuquerque, Lúcia G ^b   Bezerra, Luiz Antonio F ^a   Lôbo, Raysildo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genotype by environment interaction; Growth; Plasticity; Random regression; Robustness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HERITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PROGENY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

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EID: 66649111614     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572009005000027     Document Type: Article

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