These Technical Notes provide an easy to read series of fact sheets relating to the application of genetic technologies within a breeding program.
Do Estimated Breeding Values Really Work?
The Value of Raw Performance When Making Selection Decisions
Where Does This Animal Rank? Introducing the EBV Percentile Graph
Managing Inbreeding Within a Seedstock Beef Breeding Enterprise
Identifying Curve Bender Animals
Breeding for Fertility
Variation in Age & Weight at Puberty in Tropical Cattle
Variation in Lactation Anoestrus in First Calf Cows in Tropical Cattle
Variation in Lifetime Annual Weaning Rate in Tropical Cattle
Variation in Male Reproductive Traits in Tropical Cattle
Breeding for Specific Production Systems
Breeding for Production System Efficiency
Breeding for Environmental Efficiency
The Maternal Female: What Makes a Good Cow?
Making Bull Selection Decisions for Heifer Matings
Meat Standards Australia: Breeding for Improved Carcase Quality
Cross Breeding
Parentage Verification
Increasing Pedigree Accuracy with DNA Parentage Verification
Moving Towards SNP Parentage Verification
Single Gene Traits
Genomics