Article
Analyzing the effect of different approaches of penalized relationship in multistage selection schemes.
Journal of animal science - 1 Nov 2011
Hinrichs D, Meuwissen T H E
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to extend optimum contribution selection to more realistic breeding schemes with multistage selection. It seems that if the last selection stage accounts for the relationship of the selected animals, then previous selection stages also account for this relationship. An extreme example was considered here: the preselection of dairy bulls that enter a progeny testing scheme. First the...
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