Prediction of genetic contributions and generation intervals in populations with overlapping generations under selection

Genetics

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1197-1210

  Bijma, Piter ^a   Woolliams, John A ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC MODEL; HERITABILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SIBLING; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033057306     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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