Turning science on robust cattle into improved genetic selection decisions

Animal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 551-556

  Amer, P R ^a  

^a ABACUSBIO LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

artificial evolution; genomic selection; selection index

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; GENOMICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84857839702     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731111002576     Document Type: Article

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