Estimates of genetic parameters and breeding values from western larch open-pollinated families using marker-based relationship

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 241-249

  Klápště, Jaroslav ^a,b   Lstibůrek, Milan ^b   El Kassaby, Yousry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Genetic parameter estimates; Larix occidentalis; Marker based pair wise relationship; Open pollinated families; Pedigree reconstruction; Pedigree free model; SSR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897021254     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-013-0673-1     Document Type: Article

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