Development of Techniques and Breeding Strategies for Pig Strain Improvement in Japan
Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly
ISSN | 00213551 |
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NII recode ID (NCID) | AA0068709X |
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Distributed over many farms, more than 40 pig strains have been developed since the early 1980s. Although until recently, only the selection index method had been used for pig strain development, it is being replaced by the BLUP method, supplemented with molecular genetic information. Here, these techniques and challenges for the future are described.
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Creator | Taro OBATA Masahiro SATOH Hitoshi MIKAMI |
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NII resource type vocabulary | Journal Article |
Volume | 28 |
Issue | 4 |
spage | 253 |
epage | 261 |
Language | eng |