Genetic analysis of male and female fertility using longitudinal binary data

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3947-3952

  Averill, T A ^a   Rekaya, R ^a   Weigel, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy; Longitudinal binary data; Male and female fertility

Indexed keywords

EID: 8344272903     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73534-1     Document Type: Article

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