Consequences of selection for milk yield from a geneticist's viewpoint

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1145-1150

  Hansen, L B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Genetic improvement; Inbreeding; Milk yield

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LACTATION; MALE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LACTATION; MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034181806     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(00)74980-0     Document Type: Article

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