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526. A study of variation in twin cattle: I. General description

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

H. P. Donald
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Research Council Animal Breeding Research Organization, Edinburgh

Extract

A general preliminary description is given of a uniformity trial with twin cattle, the object of which was to study sources of variation within pairs by comparing one-egg and two-egg twins with pairs of contemporary half-sibs. Problems relating to equality of treatment and accuracy of diagnosis are discussed.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1953

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