Superiority of QTL-assisted selection in dairy cattle breeding schemes

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1869-1880

  Abdel Azim, G ^a   Freeman, A E ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle breeding scheme; Quantitative trait loci; Selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SELECTION (GENETICS); STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 0036652199     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74261-6     Document Type: Article

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