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Heterogeneity of variance components for preweaning growth in Romane sheep due to the number of lambs reared

BACKGROUND: The pre-weaning growth rate of lambs, an important component of meat market production, is affected by maternal and direct genetic effects. The French genetic evaluation model takes into account the number of lambs suckled by applying a multiplicative factor (1 for a lamb reared as a sin...

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Autores principales: David, Ingrid, Bouvier, Frédéric, François, Dominique, Poivey, Jean-Paul, Tiphine, Laurence
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3184042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21896209
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1297-9686-43-32

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