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Effect of sire mating patterns on future genetic merit and inbreeding in a closed beef cattle population.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Apr 2007
Oyama K, Nojima M, Shojo M, Fukushima M, Anada K, Mukai F
Abstract excerpt
Alternative breeding strategies were simulated based on the population structure of the Tajima strain of Japanese Black cattle. An analysis of the population structure revealed that some sires up to 20 years of age have been used in Tajima. In addition, 95% of newborn calves were the progeny of o...
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