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Genetic and genomic analysis of age at first insemination in Israeli dairy cattle.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Jun 2022
Weller Joel Ira, Ezra Ephraim, Gershoni Moran
Abstract excerpt
We performed a genetic analysis of age at first insemination, including estimation of the heritability and genetic correlations with other economic traits, and the consequences of including this trait in the Israeli selection index. The genetic factors affecting age at first insemination were determined via GWAS. Five data sets were analyzed. Data sets 1, 2, and 3 were used to compute variance components among...
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