Modelling the growth curve of Maine-Anjou beef cattle using heteroskedastic random coefficients models
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عنوان ژورنال: Genetics Selection Evolution
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1297-9686
DOI: 10.1186/1297-9686-34-4-423