Analyses of lambing dates in sheep breeds using von Mises distribution.

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Regular changes in the environment and biological responses generate seasonal patterns in the reproduction in small ruminants. Breeding seasonality is a significant constraint impacting efficiency of lamb production. However, seasonality-related traits present a special peculiarity from a statistical point of view being circular data (day of year running 1:365). Recently, circular mixed models have been developed...

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