A review of genetic parameter estimates for wool, growth, meat and reproduction traits in sheep
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- 31 March 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Livestock Production Science
- Vol. 92 (3), 271-289
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livprodsci.2004.09.003
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