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Short communication: investigation of the feasibility of genomic selection in Icelandic Cattle.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jul 2021
Gautason Egill, Sahana Goutam, Su Guosheng, Benjamínsson Baldur Helgi, Jóhannesson Guðmundur, Guldbrandtsen Bernt
Abstract excerpt
Icelandic Cattle is a local dairy cattle breed in Iceland. With about 26,000 breeding females, it is by far the largest among the indigenous Nordic cattle breeds. The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility of genomic selection in Icelandic Cattle. Pedigree-based best linear unbiased prediction (PBLUP) and single-step genomic best linear unbiased prediction (ssGBLUP) were compared. Accuracy,...
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