Towards future genetic evaluations for live weight and carcass composition traits in UK sheep
- 27 January 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Small Ruminant Research
- Vol. 196, 106327
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.2021.106327
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- Teagasc
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