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Genetic merit

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002815

The ability of an individual parent to produce superior offspring with desirable traits as compared to other parents.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-002815
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoQuantitative genetics; Breeding value; Additive gene effects; Parentage; Sire evaluation
TranslationsSpanish: mérito genético
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002815",
  "term": "Genetic merit",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The ability of an individual parent to produce superior offspring with desirable traits as compared to other parents.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "quantitative genetics",
    "breeding value",
    "additive gene effects",
    "parentage",
    "sire evaluation"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "mérito genético"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/genetic-merit/"
}

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