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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Fields of Study > genetics > quantitative genetics > breeding value
Preferred Term:

breeding value

Definition:
The calculated value expressing the ability of a parent to pass on superior traits to its offspring and is used for ranking breeding performance of the parent relative to the population average.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
Broader Concept:
quantitative genetics
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • estimated breeding value
  • sire transmitting ability
  • sire predicted difference
  • predicted transmitting ability (PTA)
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/19694
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2014-08-06
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