SNP panels for the estimation of dairy breed proportion and parentage assignment in African crossbred dairy cattle

Abstract Background Understanding the relationship between genetic admixture and phenotypic performance is crucial for the optimization of crossbreeding programs. The use of small sets of informative ancestry markers can be a cost-effective option for the estimation of breed composition and for pare...

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Main Authors: Netsanet Z. Gebrehiwot, Eva M. Strucken, Karen Marshall, Hassan Aliloo, John P. Gibson
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:Genetics Selection Evolution
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12711-021-00615-4