Design and role of an information nucleus in sheep breeding programs

Animal Production Science

Volumn 50, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 998-1003

  Van Der Werf, J H J ^a,b   Kinghorn, B P ^a,b   Banks, R G ^b  

^a Sheep CRC   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; COMMERCIALIZATION; GENOME; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78649592057     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN10151     Document Type: Article

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