Selection during a selfing programme. I. The effects of a single round of selection.

doi:10.1038/hdy.1990.88

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Selection during a selfing programme. I. The effects of a single round of selection.

Heredity - 1 Oct 1990

Cornish M A

Abstract excerpt

Theory is presented to describe the effects of a single round of selection during a selfing programme in terms of both the mean and the genetical variance of the inbred lines produced. Response equations describing the effect on the inbred means are used to determine optimum breeding designs in a...

Topics

Breeding
Computer Simulation
Genetic Variation
Mathematics
Models, Genetic
Plants
Research Design
Selection, Genetic

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