A note on the formation of optimal composite populations

B P Kinghorn; R K Shepherd; R G Banks

doi:10.1007/BF00265290

A note on the formation of optimal composite populations

Theor Appl Genet. 1989 Sep;78(3):318-20. doi: 10.1007/BF00265290.

Authors

B P Kinghorn¹, R K Shepherd, R G Banks

Affiliation

¹ Department of Animal Science, University of New England, 2351, Armidale, NSW, Australia.

PMID: 24227235
DOI: 10.1007/BF00265290

Abstract

Two recently proposed methods for predicting the optimal breed contributions to a new composite breed are discussed. It is shown that these can both lead to incorrect solutions, and a reliable method is proposed.