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Efficiency of Feed Use in Beef Cattle

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Variance Components, Parameter Estimation, Statistical Modeling +11

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Restricted maximum likelihood to estimate variance components for animal models with several random effects using a derivative-free algorithm

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Variance Components, Parameter Estimation, Statistical Modeling +11

Estimating variances and covariances for multivariate animal models by restricted maximum likelihood

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Animal Study, Latent Modeling, Restricted Maximum Likelihood +6