Marker-assisted introgression using non-unique marker alleles I: Selection on the presence of linked marker alleles

Animal Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 181-187

  Van Heelsum, A M ^a   Visscher, P M ^b   Haley, C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal breeding; Marker assisted introgression; Outbred populations; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030864967     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.1997.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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