Article
Benefits of cooperation between breeding programs in the presence of genotype by environment interaction.
Journal of dairy science - 1 May 2006
Mulder H A, Bijma P
Abstract excerpt
Dairy cattle breeding programs and dairy farmers are selecting sires and dams across environments. Genotype x environment interaction (G x E) limits the possibilities for cooperation between breeding programs operating in different environments. The objectives of this study were 2-fold: 1) to investigate the effects of heritability, selection intensity, number of progeny per bull, and size of breeding programs on...
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