Accuracy of estimated genomic breeding values for wool and meat traits in a multi-breed sheep population

Animal Production Science

Volumn 50, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1004-1010

  Daetwyler, H D ^a   Hickey, J M ^b   Henshall, J M ^c   Dominik, S ^c   Gredler, B ^d   Van Der Werf, J H J ^c   Hayes, B J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

genomic selection; single nucleotide polymorphism.

Indexed keywords

GENETIC MARKER; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MEAT; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SHEEP; WOOL;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78649534873     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN10096     Document Type: Article

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