Maximizing the Response of Selection with a Predefined Rate of Inbreeding: Overlapping Generations

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2575-2583

  Meuwissen, T H E ^a   Sonesson, A K ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breeding Programs; Inbreeding; Overlapping Generations; Population Structure; Selection

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MALE; METHODOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; INBREEDING; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032177710     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.76102575x     Document Type: Article

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