Systems of mating to reduce inbreeding in selected populations

Animal Science

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 431-442

  Caballero, A ^c   Santiago, E ^a   Toro, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Best linear unbiased prediction; Inbreeding; Mating systems; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030163257     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800014971     Document Type: Article

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