Genome-wide estimates of coancestry, inbreeding and effective population size in the Spanish Holstein population.

Estimates of effective population size in the Holstein cattle breed have usually been low despite the large number of animals that constitute this breed. Effective population size is inversely related to the rates at which coancestry and inbreeding increase and these rates have been high as a conseq...

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Main Authors: Silvia Teresa Rodríguez-Ramilo, Jesús Fernández, Miguel Angel Toro, Delfino Hernández, Beatriz Villanueva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4399946?pdf=render