Potential Improvements in Rate of Genetic Gain from Marker-Assisted Selection in Dairy Cattle Breeding Schemes

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 1651-1659

  Meuwissen, T H E ^a   Van Arendonk, J A M ^b  

^a Research Institute for Animal Production “Schoonoord” ^*  (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

breeding schemes; dairy cattle; marker assisted selection; markers; MAS; MOET; multiple ovulation and embryo transfer; QTL; quantitative trait loci; selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; EMBRYO TRANSFER; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; EMBRYO TRANSFER; GENETIC MARKERS; MODELS, GENETIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0026874916     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(92)77922-3     Document Type: Article

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