A novel method for the estimation of the relative importance of breeds in order to conserve the total genetic variance

<p>Abstract</p> <p>The need for conservation of farm animal genetic resources is widely accepted. A key question is the choice of breeds to be conserved. For this purpose, a core set of breeds was introduced in that the total genetic variance of a hypothetical quantitative trait wa...

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Main Authors: Meuwissen Theo HE, Bennewitz Jörn
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: BMC 2005-07-01
Series:Genetics Selection Evolution
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Online Access:http://www.gsejournal.org/content/37/4/315