Genotype by environment interaction and breeding for robustness in livestock

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Rauw, Wendy M ^a   Gomez Raya, Luis ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal breeding; Canalization; Genetic selection; Livestock production; Phenotypic plasticity; Reaction norms; Robustness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL GENETICS; ANIMAL WELFARE; BEEF CATTLE; BREEDING; CANALIZATION; DAIRY CATTLE; FERTILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; LIVESTOCK; MEAT INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PIG; REVIEW;

EID: 84947051363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00310     Document Type: Review

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