breeding value

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000913",
  "term": "breeding value",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "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.",
  "synonyms": [
    "estimated breeding value",
    "predicted transmitting ability (PTA)",
    "sire predicted difference",
    "sire transmitting ability"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "quantitative genetics",
    "genetic merit",
    "parentage",
    "breeding",
    "sire evaluation"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "valor genético"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/breeding-value/"
}