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Genomic Analysis of Taurine and Indicine Ancestry in the Montana Tropical Composite Population.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Mar 2026
Dos Santos Camila Alves, Hay El Hamidi, de Mattos Oliveira Elisangela Chicaroni, Espigolan Rafael, Ferraz José Bento Sterman, do Prado Paim Tiago
Abstract excerpt
The Montana Tropical cattle, a Taurine and Indicine composite, were developed in Brazil since 1994 and were based on crossing four biological types of cattle: zebu (mainly Nelore), tropical adapted taurine (mainly Senepol and Romosinuano), British taurine (mainly Angus) and continental taurine (as Charolais, Simental and Limousin). This study aimed to characterise the genetic ancestry of this composite breed at...
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