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Analysis of genotype by environment interaction for milk yield traits in first lactation of Simmental cattle.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Dec 2008
Gerber A, Krogmeier D, Emmerling R, Götz K-U
Abstract excerpt
The breeding goal for Simmental cattle is derived for intensively managed dairy farms. Its suitability for extensive farms was addressed by analysing possible genotype by environment interaction (G x E) between the management levels for first lactation milk yield traits. A first analysis was performed with the data collected from 300 000 purebred daughters of 278 second crop bulls born in Bavaria in 1993 and...
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