Cubic-spline interpolation to estimate effects of inbreeding on milk yield in first lactation Holstein cows

Milk yield records (305d, 2X, actual milk yield) of 123,639 registered first lactation Holstein cows were used to compare linear regression (y = β0 + β1X + e) ,quadratic regression, (y = β0 + β1X + β2X2 + e) cubic regression (y = β0 + β1...

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Main Authors: Makram J. Geha, Jeffrey F. Keown, L. Dale Van Vleck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2011-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572011000300013