Artificial selection and maintenance of genetic variance in the global dairy cow population

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 360, Issue 1459, 2005, Pages 1479-1488

  Brotherstone, S ^a   Goddard, M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Best linear unbiased prediction; Genetic diversity; Genotype by environment interaction

Indexed keywords

DAIRY FARMING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; SELECTIVE BREEDING;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 31344465177     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2005.1668     Document Type: Article

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