Estimates of genetic parameters, and cluster and principal components analyses of breeding values related to egg production traits in a white leghorn population

Poultry Science

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2174-2188

  Savegnago, R P ^a   Caetano, S L ^a   Ramos, S B ^a   Nascimento, G B ^a   Schmidt, G S ^b   Ledur, M C ^b   Munari, D P ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Egg production; Genetic correlation; Heritability; Principal components analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053168105     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2011-01474     Document Type: Article

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