Prediction of parental dominance combinations for planned matings, methodology, and simulation results

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2186-2191

  Varona, L ^a,b   Misztal, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dominance; Genetic response; Mating system

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033212312     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(99)75463-9     Document Type: Article

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