Article
Genomic inbreeding depression for climatic adaptation of tropical beef cattle.
Journal of animal science - 1 Sept 2017
Reverter A, Porto-Neto L R, Fortes M R S, Kasarapu P, de Cara M A R, Burrow H M, Lehnert S A
Abstract excerpt
Inbreeding has the potential to negatively impact animal performance. Strategies to monitor and mitigate inbreeding depression require that it can be accurately estimated. Here, we used genomewide SNP data to explore 3 alternative measures of genomic inbreeding: the diagonal elements of the genomic relationship matrix (FGRM), the proportion of homozygous SNP (FHOM), and the proportion of the genome covered by...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Animals
- Cattle
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genome
- Genotype
- Homozygote
- Inbreeding
- Inbreeding Depression
- Male
- Phenotype