Benefit of including female genotypes in the Lacaune dairy sheep reference population.

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Breeding programs for Lacaune dairy sheep adopted genomic selection in 2015. Genomic predictions for young male candidates are based on a reference population of more than 10,000 artificial insemination rams born since the early 2000s. Because genomic accuracies for production traits remain lower than those achieved in main dairy cattle breeds, incorporating female genotypes into the reference population could be...

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