Estimating inbreeding rate and effective population size in the Finnish Ayrshire population in the era of genomic selection.

Abstract excerpt

Genomic selection has been applied in dairy cattle breeding over the last decade. Using genomic information may speed up genetic gain as breeding values can be predicted reasonably accurately directly after birth. However, genetic diversity may decrease if the inbreeding rate per generation increases and the effective population size decreases. Despite many positive qualities of the Finnish Ayrshire, for example,...

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• Cattle
• Finland
• Genome
• Genomics
• Homozygote