Marker-assisted introgression in backcross breeding programs

Genetics

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1923-1932

  Visscher, Peter M ^a,b   Haley, Chris S ^a   Thompson, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC MODEL; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 0030465739     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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