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Use of whole-genome sequence data and novel genomic selection strategies to improve selection for age at puberty in tropically-adapted beef heifers.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 27 May 2020
Warburton Christie L, Engle Bailey N, Ross Elizabeth M, Costilla Roy, Moore Stephen S, Corbet Nicholas J, Allen Jack M, Laing Alan R, Fordyce Geoffry, Lyons Russell E, McGowan Michael R, Burns Brian M, Hayes Ben J
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BACKGROUND: In tropically-adapted beef heifers, application of genomic prediction for age at puberty has been limited due to low prediction accuracies. Our aim was to investigate novel methods of pre-selecting whole-genome sequence (WGS) variants and alternative analysis methodologies; including genomic best linear unbiased prediction (GBLUP) with multiple genomic relationship matrices (MGRM) and Bayesian...
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