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Value of the Dutch Holstein Friesian germplasm collection to increase genetic variability and improve genetic merit.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Nov 2018
Doekes H P, Veerkamp R F, Bijma P, Hiemstra S J, Windig J
Abstract excerpt
National gene bank collections for Holstein Friesian (HF) dairy cattle were set up in the 1990s. In this study, we assessed the value of bulls from the Dutch HF germplasm collection, also known as cryobank bulls, to increase genetic variability and improve genetic merit in the current bull population (bulls born in 2010-2015). Genetic variability was defined as 1 minus the mean genomic similarity (SIMSNP) or as 1...
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