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Quantitative trait loci analysis in animals /

This book aims to summarize the scientific literature on methods for quantitative trait loci (QTL) detection and analysis and marker assisted selection (MAS), especially that pertaining to agricultural animal species, emphasizing the special problems associated with animal breeding. The 17 chapters...

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Main Author: Weller, Joel Ira, (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2009.
Edition:2nd edition.
Subjects:
Livestock > Breeding.
Livestock > Genetics.
Quantitative genetics.
Animal Husbandry and Production, (New March 2000)
Animal Genetics and Breeding, (New March 2000)
Mathematics and Statistics.
Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002)
Animal breeding.
Breeding programmes.
Crosses.
Domestic animals.
Experimental design.
Gene mapping.
Genes.
Genetic markers.
Genetic polymorphism.
Genomes.
Inbred lines.
Inbreeding.
Introgression.
Linkage disequilibrium.
Livestock.
Mathematical models.
Methodology.
Quantitative trait loci.
Quantitative traits.
Selection.
Selection index.
Simulation models.
Traits.
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