Technical Note: Optimization of Breed Composition to Maximize Net Merit of Synthetic Populations

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1477-1480

  Lin, C Y ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breeds; Optimization; Synthetic Populations

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; SWINE;

EID: 0030184811     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.7471477x     Document Type: Article

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