No direct by maternal effects interaction detected for pre-weaning growth in Romane sheep using a reaction norm model

BACKGROUND: The pre-weaning growth of lambs, an important component of meat production, depends on maternal and direct effects. These effects cannot be observed directly and models used to study pre-weaning growth assume that they are additive. However, it is reasonable to suggest that the influence...

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Main Authors: David, Ingrid, Bouvier, Frédéric, Ricard, Edmond, Ruesche, Julien, Weisbecker, Jean-Louis
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3871019/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24079512
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1297-9686-45-37
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