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Comparison of factor-analytic and reduced rank models for test-day milk yield in Gyr dairy cattle (Bos indicus).
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 27 Sept 2013
Pereira R J, Ayres D R, El Faro L, Verneque R S, Vercesi Filho A E, Albuquerque L G
Abstract excerpt
We analyzed 46,161 monthly test-day records of milk production from 7453 first lactations of crossbred dairy Gyr (Bos indicus) x Holstein cows. The following seven models were compared: standard multivariate model (M10), three reduced rank models fitting the first 2, 3, or 4 genetic principal components, and three models considering a 2-, 3-, or 4-factor structure for the genetic covariance matrix. Full rank...
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