Covariance functions for body weight from birth to maturity in Nellore cows

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 849-859

  Boligon, A A ^a   Mercadante, M E Z ^b   Forni, S ^a   Lobo R B ^c   Albuquerque, L G ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE ZOOTECNIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Growth curve; Longitudinal data; Nellore cattle; Random regression

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PARITY; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PARITY; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 77649147323     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-1511     Document Type: Article

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