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Trends in genetic diversity and the effect of inbreeding in American Angus cattle under genomic selection

BACKGROUND: While the adoption of genomic evaluations in livestock has increased genetic gain rates, its effects on genetic diversity and accumulation of inbreeding have raised concerns in cattle populations. Increased inbreeding may affect fitness and decrease the mean performance for economically...

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Autores principales: Lozada-Soto, Emmanuel A., Maltecca, Christian, Lu, Duc, Miller, Stephen, Cole, John B., Tiezzi, Francesco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8207663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34134619
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-021-00644-z