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Inbreeding and pedigree analysis of the European red dairy cattle.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 23 Oct 2022
Nyman Sofia, Johansson Anna M, Palucci Valentina, Schönherz Anna A, Guldbrandtsen Bernt, Hinrichs Dirk, de Koning Dirk-Jan
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BACKGROUND: Red dairy cattle breeds have an important role in the European dairy sector because of their functional characteristics and good health. Extensive pedigree information is available for these breeds and provides a unique opportunity to examine their population structure, such as effective population size, depth of the pedigree, and effective number of founders and ancestors, and inbreeding levels....
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