Genotype-assisted optimum contribution selection to maximize selection response over a specified time period

Genetical Research

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-116

  Meuwissen, Theo H E ^a   Sonesson, Anna K ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NOFIMA   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALLELE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC GAIN; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 11444257025     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672304007050     Document Type: Article

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