Efficient Breeding by Genomic Mating

Selection in breeding programs can be done by using phenotypes (phenotypic selection), pedigree relationship (breeding value selection) or molecular markers (marker assisted selection or genomic selection). All these methods are based on truncation selection, focusing on the best performance of pare...

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Main Authors: Deniz Akdemir, Julio Isidro Sanchez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2016.00210/full