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Genomic predictions for crossbred dairy cattle.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Feb 2020
VanRaden P M, Tooker M E, Chud T C S, Norman H D, Megonigal J H, Haagen I W, Wiggans G R
Abstract excerpt
Genomic evaluations are useful for crossbred as well as purebred populations when selection is applied to commercial herds. Dairy farmers had already spent more than $1 million to genotype over 32,000 crossbred animals before US genomic evaluations became available for those animals. Thus, new tools were needed to provide accurate genomic predictions for crossbreds. Genotypes for crossbreds are imputed more...
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