The value of indirect selection
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Theoretical and Applied Genetics
- Vol. 51 (6) , 289-296
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00274817
Abstract
Conditions are developed under which progeny-testing using indirect selection can give more rapid genetic improvement than using direct selection. Analogous conditions for mass selection are given in Searle [1954].This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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