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Estimation of additive and non-additive genetic effects for fertility and reproduction traits in North American Holstein cattle using genomic information.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 May 2020
Alves Kristen, Brito Luiz F, Baes Christine F, Sargolzaei Mehdi, Robinson John Andrew B, Schenkel Flavio S
Abstract excerpt
Non-additive genetic effects are usually ignored in animal breeding programs due to data structure (e.g., incomplete pedigree), computational limitations and over-parameterization of the models. However, non-additive genetic effects may play an important role in the expression of complex traits in livestock species, such as fertility and reproduction traits. In this study, components of genetic variance for...
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