Genetic trends and trade-offs between growth and reproductive traits in a Nellore herd.

The knowledge of genetic trends and trade-offs between growth and reproductive traits might be useful to understand the evolution of these traits in livestock and natural populations of animals. We estimated the genetic trends and trade-offs between pre-weaning growth and calving intervals of Nellor...

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Main Authors: Luiza Rodrigues Alves Abreu, Virgínia Mara Pereira Ribeiro, Gabriela Canabrava Gouveia, Eduardo Penteado Cardoso, Fabio Luiz Buranelo Toral
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6095503?pdf=render