Dynamic selection for maximizing response with constrained inbreeding in schemes with overlapping generations

Animal Science

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 373-382

  Grundy, B ^a   Villanueva, B ^a   Woolliams, J A ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Best linear unbiased prediction; Breeding programmes; Inbreeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034195629     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800051717     Document Type: Article

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