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Random regression models for the estimation of genetic and environmental covariance functions for growth traits in Santa Ines sheep.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 20 Jun 2016
Sarmento J L R, Torres R A, Sousa W H, Lôbo R N B, Albuquerque L G, Lopes P S, Santos N P S, Bignard A B
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Polynomial functions of different orders were used to model random effects associated with weight of Santa Ines sheep from birth to 196 days. Fixed effects included in the models were contemporary groups, age of ewe at lambing, and fourth-order Legendre polynomials for age to represent the average growth curve. In the random part, functions of different orders were included to model variances associated with...
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