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croisement à trois races [2 records]

Record 1 2004-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Breeding
CONT

Three breed cross requires the input of three separate breeds. The three breed cross is obtained when all the females from a two breed cross are mated to a bull of a third, unrelated breed. All the three breed cross progeny are marketed.

Key term(s)
  • three-breed cross

French

Domaine(s)
  • Amélioration génétique des animaux

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
  • Animal Science
DEF

It consists of crossing a variety P with F, or a later generation segregation of a cross K x L. It is done to add to K x L some character or characters desired from P. It achieves the most effective mixing of genes when the further cross is made on the F1 of the first cross.

Key term(s)
  • triple crossing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
  • Zootechnie
DEF

Une première génération de sujets de croisement fournit les reproducteurs d'un deuxième croisement dont tous les produits seront dirigés vers la boucherie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
  • Zootecnia
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