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Integration of beef cattle international pedigree and genomic estimated breeding values into national evaluations, with an application to the Italian Limousin population.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 12 Jun 2023
Bonifazi Renzo, Calus Mario P L, Ten Napel Jan, Veerkamp Roel F, Biffani Stefano, Cassandro Martino, Savoia Simone, Vandenplas Jérémie
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: International evaluations combine data from different countries allowing breeders to have access to larger panels of elite bulls and to increase the accuracy of estimated breeding values (EBV). However, international and national evaluations can use different sources of information to compute EBV (EBVINT and EBVNAT, respectively), leading to differences between them. Choosing one of these EBV results...
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