Strategies for continual application of marker-assisted selection in an open nucleus population

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2358-2367

  Stella, A ^a   Lohuis, M M ^a,b   Pagnacco, G ^a,c   Jansen, G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Animal Agricultural Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetic response; Marker assisted selection; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036728296     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74316-6     Document Type: Article

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