Number of founders for a breeding population using variable parental contribution

Forest Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 57-67

  Ruotsalainen, S ^a   Lindgren, D ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Breeding population; Founder number; Genetic diversity; Genetic gain; Selection limit; Status number

Indexed keywords

FOREST; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC GAIN; GENETIC SELECTION; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENETICS; PROGENY;

EID: 0035872414     PISSN: 1335048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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