Full title: Selection indices and prediction of genetic merit in animal breeding / N.D. Cameron.

Author/creator: Cameron, Neil, 1954-.

Call Numbers: N636.0824/12

Record Identifier: 74VvN3jPbQlg

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: ix, 203 p. : ill. ; 24 cm., 1. Introduction to Variance -- 2. ANOVA in a Quantitative Genetics Framework -- 3. Regression and Correlation -- 4. Identification of Animals of High Genetic Merit -- 5. Information from Relatives -- 6. Selection Index Methodology -- 7. Examples of Selection Objectives and Criteria -- 8. Factors Affecting the Rate of Genetic Improvement -- 9. Performance Testing, Progeny Testing and MOET -- 10. Simultaneous Prediction of Breeding Values for Several Animals -- 11. Prediction of Breeding Values and Environmental Effects -- 12. Multivariate Breeding Value Prediction -- 13. Breeding Values with a Gene of Known Large Effect -- 14. Breeding Values for Binary Traits -- App. Matrix algebra -- App. Normal distribution tables.

Publishers: Oxford [England] ; New York : CAB International, c1997.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-170) and index.

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DDC: 636.0824

MMS ID: 991012915379702626