Texas Adapted Genetic Strategies for Beef Cattle VI: Creating Breeds
Abstract
What is a breed? A typical dictionary definition is “a race of animals which have some distinctive qualities in common.� One textbook definition is “animals more closely related and alike in appearance than random members of the species.� In a recent scientific paper, the authors stated “we use breed and population interchangeably, due to the different definitions of breed worldwide.�
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AdaptedGeneticsCitation
Hammack, Stephen P. (2014). Texas Adapted Genetic Strategies for Beef Cattle VI: Creating Breeds. AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /200447.