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Genomic partitioning and functional dissection of inbreeding depression for stature in Brown Swiss cattle.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 28 Jun 2026
He Qiongyu, Deuber Jessica, Seefried Franz R, Pausch Hubert, Kadri Naveen Kumar
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BACKGROUND: Small effective population size and the disproportionately large use of few genetically superior bulls in artificial insemination lead to extensive runs of homozygosity and an increased risk of homozygosity for deleterious alleles in domestic cattle, which may cause inbreeding depression. The adverse effects of inbreeding on phenotypic performance are well established, but the genetic variants...
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