Article
Multi-breed genomic predictions and functional variants for fertility of tropical bulls.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2023
Porto-Neto Laercio R, Alexandre Pamela A, Hudson Nicholas J, Bertram John, McWilliam Sean M, Tan Andre W L, Fortes Marina R S, McGowan Michael R, Hayes Ben J, Reverter Antonio
Abstract excerpt
Worldwide, most beef breeding herds are naturally mated. As such, the ability to identify and select fertile bulls is critically important for both productivity and genetic improvement. Here, we collected ten fertility-related phenotypes for 6,063 bulls from six tropically adapted breeds. Phenotypes were comprised of four bull conformation traits and six traits directly related to the quality of the bull's semen....
Topics
- Male
- Cattle
- Animals
- Semen
- Genome
- Genomics
- Genotype
- Phenotype
- Fertility
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Mammals