Around the world - Noticeable success in honey bee selection after the introduction of genetic evaluation using BLUP

American Bee Journal

Volumn 148, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 739-742

  Bienefeld, Kaspar ^a   Ehrhardt, Klaus ^a   Reinhardt, Fritz ^a  

^a Länderinstitut für Bienenkunde ^*  (Germany)

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APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 49249118308     PISSN: 00027626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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