Maternal lineage effects and genetic diversity in the UK dairy population
Dairy cattle breeders stress the importance of cow families in breeding for good conformation. To investigate this, type classification records of 32,000 heifers were analysed and maternal lineage variances estimated for all 23 conformation traits. Significance of the maternal lineage component was...
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University of Edinburgh
2000
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.661422 |