Effect of missing sire information on genetic evaluation

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-232

  Harder, Birte ^a   Bennewitz, Jörn ^a   Reinsch, Norbert ^b   Mayer, Manfred ^b   Kalm, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breeding value estimation; Bulls; Genetic gain; Missing sire information; Progeny testing; Variance of DYD

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444382793     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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