Genomic selection in multi-breed dairy cattle populations

ABSTRACT Genomic selection has been a valuable tool for increasing the rate of genetic improvement in purebred dairy cattle populations. However, there also are many large populations of crossbred dairy cattle in the world, and multi-breed genomic evaluations may be a valuable tool for improving rat...

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Main Authors: John Bruce Cole, Marcos Vinicius Gualberto Barbosa da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2016-04-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982016000400195&lng=en&tlng=en