ASSOCIATION ANALYSIS BETWEEN MICROSATELLITE DNA MARKERS AND MILK YIELD AND ITS COMPONENTS IN EGYPTIAN BUFFALOES USING A RANDOM REGRESSION MODEL

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• W. Mekkawy ¹
• Y. Hafez ²
• M. Attia ²
• Sameh Abdel-Salam ³
• Samy Abo Bakr ²

¹ Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ain Shams, Cairo, Egypt

² Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Cairo, Giza, Egypt

³ Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University

Keywords

• Buffalo
• random regression
• genetic parameters
• microsatellite markers
• milk production