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Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Breeding
OBS

Straightbred: Designating an animal with a straight line of ancestry or pedigree within a recognized bred, such as a registered Thoroughbred horse or a purebred Jersey cow.

Key term(s)
  • pure breeding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Amélioration génétique des animaux
CONT

La première manière d'améliorer la valeur génétique moyenne d'une population consiste donc à retenir les reproducteurs qui ont la meilleure valeur génétique additive. C'est la sélection en race pure.

Spanish

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