Animal model for genetic evaluation of multibreed data.

doi:10.2527/1992.70113322x

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Animal model for genetic evaluation of multibreed data.

Journal of animal science - 1 Nov 1992

Arnold J W, Bertrand J K, Benyshek L L

Abstract excerpt

Extension of beef cattle genetic evaluation procedures to multibreed data sets is proposed as a way to allow inclusion of crossbred animals into current analyses and to provide comparisons between purebred animals of different breeds. Previous papers dealing with multibreed BLUP have proposed sir...

Topics

Animals
Breeding
Cattle
Crosses, Genetic
Female
Genetic Variation
Hybrid Vigor
Male
Models, Genetic

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