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Genetic and environmental heterogeneity of residual variance of weight traits in Nellore beef cattle

BACKGROUND: Many studies have provided evidence of the existence of genetic heterogeneity of environmental variance, suggesting that it could be exploited to improve robustness and uniformity of livestock by selection. However, little is known about the perspectives of such a selection strategy in b...

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Autores principales: Neves, Haroldo HR, Carvalheiro, Roberto, Queiroz, Sandra A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3390267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22672564
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1297-9686-44-19