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Maternity validation using sire-only BovineSNP50 BeadChip data.
Animal genetics - 1 Dec 2013
Seroussi E, Glick G, Shirak A, Ezra E, Zeron Y, Ron M, Weller J I
Abstract excerpt
Based on pairwise identity-by-state (IBS) distances and whole-genome SNP data, kinship was investigated in the Israeli Holstein population. A total of 789 bulls, including most of the artificial insemination sires in service since 1987, were genotyped by the BovineSNP50 BeadChip. This sample included up to five generations. For each bull-by-bull combination, three states are possible for each marker: no match, a...
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