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Estimates of direct and maternal covariance functions for growth of Australian beef calves from birth to weaning

Records for birth and subsequent, monthly weights until weaning on beef calves of two breeds in a selection experiment were analysed fitting random regression models. Independent variables were orthogonal (Legendre) polynomials of age at weighing in days. Orders of polynomial fit up to 6 were consid...

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Autor principal: Meyer, Karin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2705401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11712971
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1297-9686-33-5-487