Short communication: Genetic variation of saturated fatty acids in Holsteins in the Walloon region of Belgium

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4391-4397

  Arnould, V M R ^a,c   Hammami, H ^a   Soyeurt, H ^a,b   Gengler, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c Convis Zone Artisanale et Commerciale ^*  (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Legendre polynomials; Random regression test day model; Spline

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955638310     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3049     Document Type: Article

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