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Recent artificial selection in U.S. Jersey cattle impacts autozygosity levels of specific genomic regions.
BMC genomics - 16 Apr 2015
Kim Eui-Soo, Sonstegard Tad S, Rothschild Max F
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BACKGROUND: Genome signatures of artificial selection in U.S. Jersey cattle were identified by examining changes in haplotype homozygosity for a resource population of animals born between 1953 and 2007. Genetic merit of this population changed dramatically during this period for a number of traits, especially milk yield. The intense selection underlying these changes was achieved through extensive use of...
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