Utilisation of marker assisted selection in a commercial dairy cow population

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-147

  Spelman, Richard ^a   Garrick, Dorian ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breeding scheme; Dairy cattle; Marker assisted selection; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0000553268     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(96)01405-4     Document Type: Article

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