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Modelling the growth curve of Maine-Anjou beef cattle using heteroskedastic random coefficients models.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 1 Jan 2000
Robert-Granié Christèle, Heude Barbara, Foulley Jean-Louis
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A heteroskedastic random coefficients model was described for analyzing weight performances between the 100th and the 650th days of age of Maine-Anjou beef cattle. This model contained both fixed effects, random linear regression and heterogeneous variance components. The objective of this study was to analyze the difference of growth curves between animals born as twin and single bull calves. The method was...
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