Discounted expressions of traits in broiler breeding programs

Poultry Science

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 307-316

  Jiang, X ^a,b   Groen, A F ^a   Brascamp, E W ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SICHUAN ANIMAL SCIENCE ACADEMY   (China)

Author keywords

Broiler; Crossbreeding systems; Cumulative discounted expressions; Gene flow; Selection schemes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; PEDIGREE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; PEDIGREE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033088771     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/78.3.307     Document Type: Article

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