Defining multiple-trait objectives for sustainable genetic improvement.

doi:10.2527/1998.7692303x

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Defining multiple-trait objectives for sustainable genetic improvement.

Journal of animal science - 1 Sept 1998

Gibson J P, Wilton J W

Abstract excerpt

Genetic improvement is inherently a long-term process in which progress in the future is built upon improvement in the past. Discounting of future returns is often used in deriving economic values of traits under selection, but this gives a short-term perspective that is in conflict with the long...

Topics

Animals
Animals, Domestic
Breeding
Female
Genotype
Male
Models, Economic
Selection, Genetic
Time Factors

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