More efficient breeding systems for controlling inbreeding and effective size in animal populations

Heredity

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 591-599

  Wang, Jinliang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Effective population size; Genetic drift; Inbreeding

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SYSTEM; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; INBREEDING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031538730     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1997.204     Document Type: Article

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