Improving the efficiency of artificial selection: More selection pressure with less inbreeding

Genetics

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1103-1114

  Sanchez, Leopoldo ^a,d   Toro, Miguel Angel ^b   García, Carlos ^a,c  

^a Universidad de Santiago   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INBREEDING; MATING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROGENY;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; INBREEDING; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033053626     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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