Combining genetic gain and diversity by considering average coancestry in clonal selection of Norway spruce

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1312-1319

  Zheng, Y Q ^a   Lindgren, D ^a   Rosvall, O ^b   Westin, J ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Box 3   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clonal selection; Coancestry; Diversity; Kinship; Picea abies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031460002     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220050698     Document Type: Article

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