Breeding programme for Piétrain pigs in Bavaria with an estimation of genetic trends and effective population size

Livestock Science

Volumn 123, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 187-192

  Habier, D ^a,b   Gotz K U ^b   Dempfle, L ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Institute of Animal Breeding   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breeding programme; Effective population size; Genetic trend; Sire breed Pi train

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 67349141445     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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