Genetics Selection Evolution

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Modeling relationships between calving traits: a comparison between standard and recursive mixed models

Evangelina L de Maturana1,2*, Gustavo de los Campos1, Xiao-Lin Wu3, Daniel Gianola1,3,4, Kent A Weigel3 and Guilherme JM Rosa3

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1 Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 53706, USA

2 Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, INIA, Carretera de La Coruña km 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain

3 Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 53706, USA

4 Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 53706, USA

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Genetics Selection Evolution 2010, 42:1 doi:10.1186/1297-9686-42-1

Published: 25 January 2010

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Table S1 - Posterior means (standard deviations) of direct (d) and maternal (m) heritabilities of calving traits. Table S2 - Posterior means (standard deviations) of the genetic correlations, for gestations within 261-267 d. Table S3 - Posterior means (standard deviations) of the genetic correlations, for gestations within 268-273 d. Table S4 - Posterior means (standard deviations) of the genetic correlations, for gestations within 274-279 d. Table S5 - Posterior means (standard deviations) of the genetic correlations, for gestations within 280-291 d. Table S6 - Posterior means (standard deviations) of correlations between contemporary (h) groups and residual (e) effects.

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