Genetic and economic benefits of foreign sire contributions to a domestic sheep industry; including an Ireland-New Zealand case study
Abstract Background Importation of foreign genetics is a widely used genetic improvement strategy. However, even if the foreign genetic merit is currently greater than the domestic genetic merit, differences in foreign and domestic trends mean that the long-term competitiveness of an importation str...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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BMC
2021-01-01
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| Series: | Genetics Selection Evolution |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12711-020-00594-y |