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Quantitative genetics with special reference to plant and animal breeding

Title
  1. Quantitative genetics with special reference to plant and animal breeding / Ralph E. Comstock.
Published by
  1. Ames : Iowa State University Press, 1996.
Author
  1. Comstock, R. E. (Ralph Ernest), 1912-1999.

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Description
  1. xiv, 421 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Subject
  1. Plant breeding
  2. Livestock > Breeding
  3. Crops > Genetics
  4. Livestock > Genetics
  5. Quantitative genetics
  6. Genetik
  7. Pflanzenzüchtung
  8. Quantitative Methode
  9. Tierzucht
  10. Plantas cultivadas (melhoramento e genetica)
  11. Genetica quantitativa
  12. Genetica e melhoramento (animais domesticos)
Contents
  1. 1. Introduction -- 2. Genetic Background -- 3. Breeding Programs -- 4. Comparisons of Breeding Procedures -- 5. Responses to Artificial Selection -- 6. Mass Selection -- 7. Mass Selection -- Assumptions and Validity of Theory -- 8. Progeny Test and Family Systems of Recurrent Selection -- 9. Selection for Performance in Crossbreds -- 10. The Variance, [actual symbol not reproducible] of the Selection Criterion -- 11. Effective Population Size in Recurrent Selection Programs -- 12. Choice of the Selection Criterion -- 13. The Design of Breeding Programs -- 14. Comparison of Selection Systems -- 15. Methods in Quantitative Genetics -- 16. Looking Ahead.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-421).