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Identification of genomic regions associated with female fertility in Danish Jersey using whole genome sequence data.
BMC genetics - 3 Jun 2015
Höglund Johanna K, Guldbrandtsen Bernt, Lund Mogens S, Sahana Goutam
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Female fertility is an important trait in cattle breeding programs. In the Nordic countries selection is based on a fertility index (FTI). The fertility index is a weighted combination of four female fertility traits estimated breeding values for number of inseminations per conception (AIS), 56-day non-return rate (NRR), number of days from first to last insemination (IFL), and number of days between...
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