Direct and maternal (co) variance components and heritability estimates for body weight at different ages and fleece traits in Afrino sheep
- 1 December 1995
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Livestock Production Science
- Vol. 44 (3) , 229-235
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0301-6226(95)00071-2
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