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Managing the risk of comparing estimated breeding values across flocks or herds through connectedness: a review and application

Comparing predicted breeding values (BV) among animals in different management units (e.g. flocks, herds) is challenging if units have different genetic means. Unbiased estimates of differences in BV may be obtained by assigning base animals to genetic groups according to their unit of origin, but u...

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Autores principales: Kuehn, Larry A, Lewis, Ronald M, Notter, David R
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2682824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17433239
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1297-9686-39-3-225