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A note on a computer program for independent culling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

A. M. Saxton
A. M. Saxton
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27650, USA
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Abstract

Calculating optimal truncation values for independent culling selection procedures has been difficult. Previously published charts took much of the tedium out of the calculations but the charts are difficult to read with accuracy and are not available for all possible parameter values. Therefore a computer program was written to calculate optimal truncation values for two-trait independent culling, with the option of restricting the genetic change of one or both traits. The program is described and an example of its use is given.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , October 1982 , pp. 295 - 297
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1982

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