Genetic improvement of cattle and sheep

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simm, Geoff , 1959- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tonbridge, U.K. : Farming Press , c1998
Edition:Reprinted with amendments, 2000
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300 |a xiii, 433 p. :   |b ill. (some col.) ;   |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 1. The origins of today's livestock breeds -- 2. Genes, genetics codes and genetic variation -- 3. Strategies for genetic improvement -- 4. What affects response to selection within breeds? -- 5. Predicting breeding values -- 6. Dairy cattle breeding -- 7. Beef cattle breeding -- 8. Sheep breeding -- 9. New technologies 
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