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Optimization of dairy cattle breeding programs for different environments with genotype by environment interaction.
Journal of dairy science - 1 May 2006
Mulder H A, Veerkamp R F, Ducro B J, van Arendonk J A M, Bijma P
Abstract excerpt
Dairy cattle breeding organizations tend to sell semen to breeders operating in different environments and genotype x environment interaction may play a role. The objective of this study was to investigate optimization of dairy cattle breeding programs for 2 environments with genotype x environment interaction. Breeding strategies differed in 1) including 1 or 2 environments in the breeding goal, 2) running...
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