Marker-assisted preselection of young dairy sires prior to progeny-testing

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 229-250

  Mackinnon, M J ^a   Georges, M A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Marker assisted selection; QTL

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000233312     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(97)00169-3     Document Type: Article

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