Optimization of breeding population size for long-term breeding

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-25

  Danusevicius, Darius ^a,b   Lindgren, Dag ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE   (Lithuania)

^b VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Economic efficiency; Gene diversity; Genetic gain; Group merit; Heritability; Optimization

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BUDGET CONTROL; COSTS; GENES; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

BREEDING POPULATION SIZE; COANCESTRY; GENETIC GAIN; GROUP MERIT;

FORESTRY;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; BREEDING; COST CONTROL; FORESTRY; GENES; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 14344261899     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827580410019517     Document Type: Article

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