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A computer simulation of the selection process in a small population of dairy cattle is conducted. The influence of the size of a nucleus and level of immigration of cows in the base population on the expected genetic progress and inbreeding is demonstrated.
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Original Russian Text © V.M. Kuznetsov, 2007, published in Doklady Rossiiskoi Akademii Sel’skokhozyaistvennykh Nauk, 2007, No. 1, pp. 37–39.
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Kuznetsov, V.M. Simulation of the selection process in local populations of dairy cattle. Russ. Agricult. Sci. 33, 46–49 (2007). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068367407010168
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