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Inbreeding depression and runs of homozygosity islands in Asturiana de los Valles cattle breed after 30 years of selection.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Jul 2024
Cortes Oscar, Cañon Javier, Andrino Sara, Fernanadez María, Carleos Carlos
Abstract excerpt
Inbreeding depression results in a decrease in the average phenotypic values of affected traits. It has been traditionally estimated from pedigree-based inbreeding coefficients. However, with the development of single-nucleotide polymorphism arrays, novel methods were developed for calculating the inbreeding coefficient, and consequently, inbreeding depression. The aim of the study was to analyse inbreeding...
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