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Animal Biotechnology Volume 8, 1997 - Issue 1: Proceedings of the Allerton II Conference on Genetic Analysis of Economically Important Traits in Livestock
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Efficiency of marker assisted selection

P.M. Visscher Institute of Ecology & Resource Management, University of Edinburgh, West Mains, Edinburgh, EH9 3JG, Scotland
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M. Mackinnon Institute of Ecology & Resource Management, University of Edinburgh, West Mains, Edinburgh, EH9 3JG, Scotland
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C.S. Haley Institute of Ecology & Resource Management, University of Edinburgh, West Mains, Edinburgh, EH9 3JG, Scotland
Pages 99-106 | Published online: 23 Sep 2009

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