¿Hay demasiados rasgos en nuestros índices de selección?

John B Cole1

  • 1Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding, Bowie, MD 20716; Department of Animal Sciences, Donald Henry Barron Reproductive and Perinatal Biology Research Program, and the Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0910; Department of Animal Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7621; Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1.

Journal of dairy science
|September 5, 2025
PubMed
Resumen

Los índices de cría mejoran efectivamente el mérito genético general en el ganado lechero, incluso con numerosos rasgos. A pesar de las preocupaciones de respuesta diluida, los índices de selección mantienen ganancias genéticas favorables para los rasgos económicos.

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