Design and Role of an Information Nucleus in Sheep Breeding Programmes

Author(s)
Van Der Werf, Julius H
Kinghorn, Brian
Banks, Robert
Publication Date
2010
Abstract
Outline: • Need for information in breeding programs • The concept of information nucleus • Current design • Future role ... Genetic Improvement: • Trying to get all animals at least as good as the best! • Improve by repeatedly selecting the best parents • Need to measure these traits that we want to improve! • Add up improvement across all traits > improve profit
Citation
Presented at the Sheep CRC Conference
Link
https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/8885
Language
en
Publisher
Sheep CRC
Title
Design and Role of an Information Nucleus in Sheep Breeding Programmes
Type of document
Conference Publication
Entity Type
Publication

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