Phenotypic plasticity of composite beef cattle performance using reaction norms model with unknown covariate

Animal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 202-210

  Santana, M L ^a,b   Eler, J P ^b   Cardoso, F F ^c   Albuquerque, L G ^d   Ferraz, J B S ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

composite beef cattle; genetic parameters; genotype by environment interaction; growth; reaction norms

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAZIL; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; SCROTUM; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAZIL; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; SCROTUM; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84872090343     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731112001711     Document Type: Article

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