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Genomic prediction of breeding values could improve selection, reduce costs and provide a platform that unifies breeding approaches
Rules and standards for running an approved breeding programme and keeping a breed book or register of purebred animals, hybrid pigs and germinal products.
The Precision Breeding Working Group aims to facilitate routes to market for precision bred plant products.
The Government has announced new laws to support precision breeding technology which will increase food production, reduce costs to farmers and allow drought and disease resistant crops to be grown.
Recurrent selection is an important breeding method for population improvement and selecting elite inbreds or fixed lines from the improved germplasm
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