The value of crossbreeding information in selection of poultry under a dominance model

Animal Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 519-528

  Uimarit, P ^a,b   Gibson, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dominance; Selection; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032056270     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1357729800009693     Document Type: Article

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