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Genetic structure of the European Charolais and Limousin cattle metapopulations using pedigree analyses.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jun 2011
Bouquet A, Venot E, Laloë D, Forabosco F, Fogh A, Pabiou T, Moore K, Eriksson J-Å, Renand G, Phocas F
Abstract excerpt
Pedigree collected by the Interbeef service allowed genetic diversity to be assessed by using pedigree analyses for the European Charolais (CHA) and Limousin (LIM) cattle populations registered in national herdbooks in Denmark (DNK), France (FRA), Ireland (IRL), Sweden (SWE), and, solely for the LIM breed, the United Kingdom (UK). The CHA data set included 2,563,189 calves with weaning performance, of which 96.1%...
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