Expected gain and status number following restricted individual and combined-index selection

Genome

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Wei, R P ^a   Lindgren, D ^b   Yeh, F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breeding value; Effective size; Genetic gain; Phenotype; Restricted selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031430839     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g97-001     Document Type: Article

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