Comparison of methods for prediction of genetic gain from mass selection on binary threshold traits

Silvae Genetica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 50-56

  Lopes, U V ^a,b   Huber, D A ^a   White, T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Cacao Research Center ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Binary data; Heritability; Realized gain; Threshold model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033944265     PISSN: 00375349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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