Comparison of restricted selection strategies: An application to selection of cashmere goats

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-99

  Diaz C ^a   Toro, M A ^a   Rekaya, R ^b  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cashmere; Inbreeding; Linear Programming; Restricted Best Lineal Unbiased Prediction; Restricted Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844467784     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(99)00014-7     Document Type: Article

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