On estimating non‐additive genetic parameters in chickensFootnote¹

Journal Paper No. J‐8319 of the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station, Ames, Iowa, Project 1711. In cooperation with the North Central Regional Poultry Breeding Project, NC‐89.

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