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Genetic parameters for litter size in sheep: natural versus hormone-induced oestrus

The litter size in Suffolk and Texel-sheep was analysed using REML and Bayesian methods. Litters born after hormonal induced oestrus and after natural oestrus were treated as different traits in order to estimate the genetic correlation between the traits. Explanatory variables were the age of the e...

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Autores principales: Janssens, Steven, Vandepitte, Walter, Bodin, Loys
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2697192/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15339632
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1297-9686-36-5-543