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Genetic improvement of traits affected by interactions among individuals: Sib selection schemes.
Genetics - 1 May 2007
Ellen Esther D, Muir William M, Teuscher Friedrich, Bijma Piter
Abstract excerpt
Livestock populations are usually kept in groups. As a consequence, social interactions among individuals affect productivity, health, and welfare. Current selection methods (individual selection), however, ignore those interactions and yield suboptimal or in some cases even negative responses. I...
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