A study of population variation and inheritance in Sitka spruce: II. Age trends in genetic parameters for vigour traits and optimum selection ages

Silvae Genetica

Volumn 51, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 55-65

  Lee, S J ^a   Woolliams, J ^a   Samuel, C J A ^a   Malcolm, D C ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic correlations; Heritability; Indirect selection; Phenotypic correlations; Picea sitchensis

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS;

POPULATION INHERITANCE;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036031989     PISSN: 00375349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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