Marker-assisted selection for commercial crossbred performance

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2104-2114

  Dekkers, J C M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial performance; Crossbreeding; Genotype by environment interaction; Marker assisted selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POULTRY; REPRODUCTION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; INBREEDING; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; POULTRY; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SWINE;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; SUIDAE;

EID: 34548329077     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2006-683     Document Type: Article

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