Mendelian sampling terms as a selective advantage in optimum breeding schemes with restrictions on the rate of inbreeding

Genetical Research

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-64

  Avendano S ^a   Woolliams, J A ^b   Villanueva, B ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC GAIN; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; INBREEDING; NONHUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREEDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INBREEDING; MODELS, GENETIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 1842787873     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672303006566     Document Type: Article

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