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A numerical description of breed structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

Alan Robertson
Alan Robertson
Affiliation:
Institute of Animal Genetics, Edinburgh
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A method is suggested for the quantitative description of the genetic structure of pedigree breeds of animals. Results are given for eight breeds, showing that the number of herds controlling effective breeding policy is in all cases small.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 43 , Issue 3 , July 1953 , pp. 334 - 336
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1953

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