Management of lethal recessive alleles in beef cattle through the use of mate selection software

BACKGROUND: Recessive loss-of-function (LOF) alleles at genes which are essential for life, can result in early embryonic mortality. Cattle producers can use the LOF carrier status of individual animals to make selection and mate allocation decisions. METHODS: Two beef cattle breeding strategies i.e...

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Autores principales: Upperman, Lindsay R., Kinghorn, Brian P., MacNeil, Michael D., Van Eenennaam, Alison L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6683482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31382878
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-019-0477-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6683482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31382878
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-019-0477-3

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