Reaction norms and genotype-by-environment interaction in the German Holstein dairy cattle

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 380-389

  Streit, M ^a   Reinhardt, F ^b   Thaller, G ^c   Bennewitz, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b Vereinigte Informationssysteme Tierhaltung wV VIT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental sensitivity; Random regression; Sire model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GERMANY; MALE; MILK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MILK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

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EID: 84866148392     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: 14390388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2012.00999.x     Document Type: Article

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