Maximizing genetic gain for the sire line of a crossbreeding scheme utilizing both purebred and crossbred information

Animal Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 529-542

  Bijma, P ^a   Van Arendonk, J A M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Best linear unbiased prediction; Crossbreeding; Linkage disequilibrium; Selection index; Selection responses

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032056096     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135772980000970X     Document Type: Article

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