Look ahead mate selection schemes for multi-breed beef populations

Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-23

  Hayes, B ^a,b,c   Shepherd, R K ^a   Newman, S ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for the Cattle and Beef Industry ^*  (Australia)

^c VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crossbreeding; Inbreeding; Look ahead mate selection; Selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 0036336621     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1357729800052206     Document Type: Article

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