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Quantitative genetics with special reference to plant and animal breeding
- Title
- Quantitative genetics with special reference to plant and animal breeding / Ralph E. Comstock.
- Author
- Comstock, Ralph E.
- Publication
- Ames : Iowa State University Press, 1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | S494 .C66 1996 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiv, 421 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-421).
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0813820111 (acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 94048902
- OCLC
- ocm31867236
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries