Genetics and Genomics 101.

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Genetic mutations, both favorable and unfavorable, are the raw material for improvement in livestock populations. The random inheritance of these mutations is essential for generating progenies with genetic potential greater than their parents. These mutations can act either in a simple manner, such that a single alteration disrupts phenotype, or in a complex manner where hundreds or thousands of mutations of...

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