Economic evaluation of genomic breeding programs

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 382-391

  Konig S ^a   Simianer, H ^a   Willam, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Breeding program; Deterministic approach; Economics; Genomic selection

Indexed keywords

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EID: 58349099652     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1310     Document Type: Article

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