Consequences of selection for improving production traits on the frequency of deleterious alleles for fitness

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 850-859

  Kearney, J F ^a   Navarro, P ^b   Haley, C S ^c   Villanueva, B ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fitness; Health related trait; Pleiotropy; Quantitative trait locus; Selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MODELS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SELECTION (GENETICS);

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 62149126272     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-1099     Document Type: Article

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