Top down preselection using marker assisted estimates of breeding values in dairy cattle

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 307-318

  Bennewitz, Jörn ^a   Reinsch, Norbert ^b   Reinhardt, Friedrich ^c   Liu, Zengting ^c   Kalm, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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

^c Vereinigte Informationssysteme Tierhaltung wV VIT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 4644224678     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2004.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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