Breeding for profit: synergism between genetic improvement and livestock production (a review).

doi:10.2527/1994.7282178x

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Breeding for profit: synergism between genetic improvement and livestock production (a review).

Journal of animal science - 1 Aug 1994

Harris D L, Newman S

Abstract excerpt

Fifty years of research in animal breeding and genetics are examined from four perspectives: 1) genetic prediction, 2) animal testing and selection schemes, 3) dissemination of genetic improvement, and 4) definition of breeding objectives in economic form. Breeding in all classes of livestock has...

Topics

Animal Husbandry
Animals
Animals, Domestic
Breeding
Genotype
Research
Selection, Genetic

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