Genetic analysis of 'breeding field test status' in Icelandic horses

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 124-132

  Albertsdottir E ^a   Eriksson, S ^b   Sigurdsson, A ^a   Arnason T ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breeding assessments; Genetic analyses; Icelandic horses; Test status; Threshold trait

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HORSE; ICELAND; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HORSES; ICELAND; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 79952406473     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: 14390388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2010.00902.x     Document Type: Article

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