Article
Genomic predictions based on a joint reference population for the Nordic Red cattle breeds.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Jul 2014
Zhou L, Heringstad B, Su G, Guldbrandtsen B, Meuwissen T H E, Svendsen M, Grove H, Nielsen U S, Lund M S
Abstract excerpt
The main aim of this study was to compare accuracies of imputation and genomic predictions based on single and joint reference populations for Norwegian Red (NRF) and a composite breed (DFS) consisting of Danish Red, Finnish Ayrshire, and Swedish Red. The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data for NRF consisted of 2 data sets: one including 25,000 markers (NRF25K) and the other including 50,000 markers...
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