Article
Genomic and pedigree estimation of inbreeding depression for semen traits in the Basco-Béarnaise dairy sheep breed.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Mar 2021
Antonios S, Rodríguez-Ramilo S T, Aguilar I, Astruc J M, Legarra A, Vitezica Z G
Abstract excerpt
Inbreeding depression is associated with a decrease in performance and fitness of the animals. The goal of this study was to evaluate pedigree-based and genomic methods to estimate the level of inbreeding and inbreeding depression for 3 semen traits (volume, concentration, and motility score) in the Basco-Béarnaise sheep breed. Data comprised 16,196 (or 15,071) phenotypic records from 620 rams (of which 533 rams...
Topics
- Animals
- Genomics
- Genotype
- Homozygote
- Inbreeding
- Inbreeding Depression
- Male
- Pedigree
- Physical Conditioning, Animal
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Semen
