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Trends in genetic diversity and the effect of inbreeding in American Angus cattle under genomic selection.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 16 Jun 2021
Lozada-Soto Emmanuel A, Maltecca Christian, Lu Duc, Miller Stephen, Cole John B, Tiezzi Francesco
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BACKGROUND: While the adoption of genomic evaluations in livestock has increased genetic gain rates, its effects on genetic diversity and accumulation of inbreeding have raised concerns in cattle populations. Increased inbreeding may affect fitness and decrease the mean performance for economically important traits, such as fertility and growth in beef cattle, with the age of inbreeding having a possible effect...
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