Heteroskedasticity for weaning weight of Charolais-Zebu crossbred calves

The objective of the present study was to analyze models with genetic and/or residual heteroskedasticity for genetic evaluation of the weaning weight of Charolais-Zebu crossbred calves. Weaning weight data from 56,965 crossbred calves were analyzed using animal models with different combinations of...

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Main Authors: Fábio Luiz Buranelo Toral, Roberto Augusto de Almeida Torres Júnior, Paulo Sávio Lopes, Fernando Flores Cardoso, Luiz Otávio Campos da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2012-05-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982012000500013