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Genetically standardized growth equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

C. S. Taylor
C. S. Taylor
Affiliation:
ARC Animal Breeding Research Organisation, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JQ
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Abstract

The genetic size-scaling rules recently proposed by the author are used to derive genetically standardized growth equations.

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Animal Production , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , April 1980, pp. 167 - 175
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1980

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