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Genetic Diversity and the Impact of the Breed Proportions of US Brown Swiss in German Brown Cattle

SIMPLE SUMMARY: The main aim of modern breeding programs in dairy cows is to improve productivity, functional and health traits. The use of only a few top sires leads to more efficient milk production, but also it could lead to a decline in the gene pool, smaller effective population size and an inc...

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Autores principales: Wirth, Anna, Duda, Jürgen, Distl, Ottmar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7828010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33440788
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11010152