Genetic and Economic Aspects of Applying Embryo Transfer in Traditional and Genomic Evaluation in Iranian Holstein Dairy Cattle

Subject Areas : Camel

آ. بوستان ¹ , ا. نجاتی-جوارمی ² , ا. رضوان نژاد ³ , ع. مجتهدین ⁴

1 - Department of Animal Science, Moghan College of Agricultural and Natural Resources, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran
2 - Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
3 - Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Science, University of Advanced Technology, Kerman, Iran
4 - Department of Animal Science, Moghan College of Agricultural and Natural Resources, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

Received: 2015-03-13 Accepted : 2015-12-30 Published : 2015-12-01

Keywords: ارزش اقتصادی, انتقال جنین, و دستاورد ژنتیکی, گاو شیرده هلشتاین,

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