Genotype x environment interaction for milk production in Guernsey cattle From: Journal of Dairy Science | Date: May 1, 2003| Author: Rekaya, R; Weigel, K A; Fikse, W F | Copyright American Dairy Science Association May 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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International genetic evaluations that use national genetic evaluation results as input need to acknowledge country boundaries. The current model for international evaluation treats each country as a genetically separate trait, i.e., assumes milk production to be similar within country, but different between countries. The use of cow performance records does not require such restriction, and allows for other statistical models to consider genotype x environment interaction. Fi...

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