Genetic Selection Strategies: Computer Modeling

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1066-1070

  Muir, William M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family selection; Gene model; Infinitesimal model; Selection intensity; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POULTRY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; POULTRY; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031201367     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.8.1066     Document Type: Article

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