Article
Genomic characterization of autozygosity and recent inbreeding trends in all major breeds of US dairy cattle.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Nov 2022
Lozada-Soto Emmanuel A, Tiezzi Francesco, Jiang Jicai, Cole John B, VanRaden Paul M, Maltecca Christian
Abstract excerpt
Maintaining a genetically diverse dairy cattle population is critical to preserving adaptability to future breeding goals and avoiding declines in fitness. This study characterized the genomic landscape of autozygosity and assessed trends in genetic diversity in 5 breeds of US dairy cattle. We analyzed a sizable genomic data set containing 4,173,679 pedigreed and genotyped animals of the Ayrshire, Brown Swiss,...
Topics
- Cattle
- Animals
- Inbreeding
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Physical Conditioning, Animal
- Genome
- Genomics
- Homozygote
- Genotype
