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A simple method for genomic selection of moderately sized dairy cattle populations.
Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience - 1 Feb 2012
Weller J I, Ron M, Glick G, Shirak A, Zeron Y, Ezra E
Abstract excerpt
An efficient algorithm for genomic selection of moderately sized populations based on single nucleotide polymorphism chip technology is described. A total of 995 Israeli Holstein bulls with genetic evaluations based on daughter records were genotyped for either the BovineSNP50 BeadChip or the BovineSNP50 v2 BeadChip. Milk, fat, protein, somatic cell score, female fertility, milk production persistency and...
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