Joint evaluation of purebreds and crossbreds in swine

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2263-2266

  Lutaaya, E ^a,c   Misztal, I ^a   Mabry, J W ^a,d   Short, T ^b   Timm, H H ^b   Holzbauer, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GENUS PLC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossbreds; Pigs; Purebreds; Reliability; Selection

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; SWINE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036716553     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ansci/80.9.2263     Document Type: Article

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