Estimation of Candidate Gene Effects in Dairy Cattle Populations

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1653-1662

  Israel, C ^a   Weller, J I ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Animal model; Candidate genes; Genetic markers; Marker assisted selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PROBABILITY;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0032086174     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75733-9     Document Type: Article

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