Marker-assisted selection in an outbred poultry breeding nucleus

Animal Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 171-180

  Van Der Beek, S ^a   Van Arendonk, J A M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genetic markers; Genetic models; Poultry; Selection responses

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030080005     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1357729800014442     Document Type: Article

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