Table 2.
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Percentage of animals that converged for each function and the percentage of animals (that converged) with function parameter estimates within acceptable range of each function in female lowland sheep.

FunctionConvergedParameters estimates within acceptable range1
Brody99.9195.12
Gompertz99.9998.27
Logistic10096.62
Negative exponential10097.08
Richards82.3981.43
von Bertalanffy99.9298.26
FunctionConvergedParameters estimates within acceptable range1
Brody99.9195.12
Gompertz99.9998.27
Logistic10096.62
Negative exponential10097.08
Richards82.3981.43
von Bertalanffy99.9298.26

1Acceptable range for each parameter of a growth function was defined as any value that was not greater or lesser than third and first quartile by 1.5 times to IQR, respectively.

Table 2.
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Percentage of animals that converged for each function and the percentage of animals (that converged) with function parameter estimates within acceptable range of each function in female lowland sheep.

FunctionConvergedParameters estimates within acceptable range1
Brody99.9195.12
Gompertz99.9998.27
Logistic10096.62
Negative exponential10097.08
Richards82.3981.43
von Bertalanffy99.9298.26
FunctionConvergedParameters estimates within acceptable range1
Brody99.9195.12
Gompertz99.9998.27
Logistic10096.62
Negative exponential10097.08
Richards82.3981.43
von Bertalanffy99.9298.26

1Acceptable range for each parameter of a growth function was defined as any value that was not greater or lesser than third and first quartile by 1.5 times to IQR, respectively.

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