Forwards versus backwards selection: Trade-offs between expected genetic gain and risk avoidance

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-21

  Burdon, R D ^a   Kumar, S ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Genetic gain; Progeny testing; Second generation selection; Stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; FORESTRY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

GENETIC GAINS; HERITABILITIES; OFFSPRINGS; SINGLE-PAIR CROSSES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

FORESTRY; GENETICS;

ADDITIVES; FORESTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 8744275263     PISSN: 00480134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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