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A method for the dynamic management of genetic variability in dairy cattle.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 1 Jan 2000
Colleau Jean-Jacques, Moureaux Sophie, Briend Michèle, Bechu Jérôme
Abstract excerpt
According to the general approach developed in this paper, dynamic management of genetic variability in selected populations of dairy cattle is carried out for three simultaneous purposes: procreation of young bulls to be further progeny-tested, use of service bulls already selected and approval of recently progeny-tested bulls for use. At each step, the objective is to minimize the average pairwise relationship...
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