Optimum designs for breeding programmes under mass selection with an application in fish breeding

Animal Science

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 563-576

  Villanueva, B ^b   Woolliams, J A ^b   Gjerde, B ^a  

^a NOFIMA   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breeding programmes; Fish; Genetic gain; Inbreeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030524962     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800015459     Document Type: Article

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