Prediction of transmitting abilities for Holstein type traits.

doi:10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(90)78663-8

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Prediction of transmitting abilities for Holstein type traits.

Journal of dairy science - 1 Jan 1990

Vanraden P M, Jensen E L, Lawlor T J, Funk D A

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Heritabilities and genetic and phenotypic correlations among 14 linear type traits were estimated from Holstein Association data by multiple trait REML. Data used for parameter estimation were records of 779,391 daughters of 871 sires included in the January 1988 sire evaluation. Each daughter wa...

Topics

Analysis of Variance
Animals
Breeding
Cattle
Female
Male
Models, Genetic
Phenotype

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