A comparison of dairy cattle breeding designs that use genomic selection

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 493-500

  Lillehammer, M ^a   Meuwissen, T H E ^b   Sonesson, A K ^a  

^a NOFIMA   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breeding design; Genomic selection; Progeny test

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOME; MALE; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENOME; MALE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 78650332099     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3518     Document Type: Article

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