Estimates of direct and maternal covariance functions for growth of Australian beef calves from birth to weaning

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Issue		Genet. Sel. Evol. Volume 33, Number 5, September-October 2001


Page(s)		487 - 514
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/gse:2001129

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