Estimates of direct, maternal and grandmaternal genetic effects for growth traits in Gobra cattle
Estimates of genetic parameters for birth (N = 3909), weaning (N = 3425), yearling (N = 2764) and final (N = 2144) weights were obtained from the records of Gobra cattle collected at the Centre de Recherches Zootechniques de Dahra, Senegal. Three animal models were fitted to obtain estimates by REML...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
1999-09-01
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Series: | Genetics and Molecular Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47571999000300013 |