Connectedness in the French Holstein cattle population

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-176

  Hanocq, Eric ^a   Boichard, Didier ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Connectedness; Dairy cattle; Genetic evaluation; Progeny test

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; CATTLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032914244     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/gse:19990205     Document Type: Article

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