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Relative efficiency of the genotypic value and combining ability effects on reciprocal recurrent selection.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Apr 2013
Viana José Marcelo Soriano, Delima Rodrigo Oliveira, Mundim Gabriel Borges, Condé Aurinelza Batista Teixeira, Vilarinho Aloisio Alcantara
Abstract excerpt
Reciprocal recurrent selection (RRS) has been successfully applied to maize breeding for more than 60 years. Our objective was to assess the relative efficiency of the genotypic value and the effects of general and specific combining abilities (GCA and SCA) on selection. The GCA effect reflects the number of favorable genes in the parent. The SCA effect primarily reflects the differences in the gene frequencies...
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