Predicted accuracy of and response to genomic selection for new traits in dairy cattle
Genomic selection relaxes the requirement of traditional selection tools to have phenotypic measurements on close relatives of all selection candidates. This opens up possibilities to select for traits that are difficult or expensive to measure. The objectives of this paper were to predict accuracy...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-01-01
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Series: | Animal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731112001450 |