Incorporation of genotype effects into animal model evaluations when only a small fraction of the population has been genotyped

Animal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-23

  Baruch, E ^a   Weller, J I ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Animal model; Dairy cattle; Marker assisted selection; Quantitative trait locus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 57649131098     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731108003339     Document Type: Article

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