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A variance component estimation approach to infer associations between Mendelian polledness and quantitative production and female fertility traits in German Simmental cattle

BACKGROUND: Managing beneficial Mendelian characteristics in dairy cattle breeding programs implies that the correlated genetic effects are considered to avoid possible adverse effects in selection processes. The Mendelian trait polledness in cattle is traditionally associated with the belief that t...

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Autores principales: Scheper, Carsten, Emmerling, Reiner, Götz, Kay-Uwe, König, Sven
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/PMC8278706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34261443
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-021-00652-z