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Breeding programs: Meaning and significance of heritability in improvement of strains through genetics
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Everett R. DempsterAuthor Affiliations
Everett R. Dempster is Assistant Professor of Gentics and Assistant Geneticist in the Agricultural Experiment Station, Berkeley.Publication Information
Hilgardia 4(2):12-16. DOI:10.3733/ca.v004n02p12. February 1950.
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Abstract
Principles of the science of genetics are becoming of increasing importance with respect to breeding programs designed to improve measurable economic characters, such as egg production.
Dempster E. 1950. Breeding programs: Meaning and significance of heritability in improvement of strains through genetics. Hilgardia 4(2):12-16. DOI:10.3733/ca.v004n02p12
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