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Effect of Artificial Selection on Runs of Homozygosity in U.S. Holstein Cattle

The intensive selection programs for milk made possible by mass artificial insemination increased the similarity among the genomes of North American (NA) Holsteins tremendously since the 1960s. This migration of elite alleles has caused certain regions of the genome to have runs of homozygosity (ROH...

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Autores principales: Kim, Eui-Soo, Cole, John B., Huson, Heather, Wiggans, George R., Van Tassell, Curtis P., Crooker, Brian A., Liu, George, Da, Yang, Sonstegard, Tad S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3858116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24348915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080813