Genetic tests for estimating dairy breed proportion and parentage assignment in East African crossbred cattle
Abstract Background Smallholder dairy farming in much of the developing world is based on the use of crossbred cows that combine local adaptation traits of indigenous breeds with high milk yield potential of exotic dairy breeds. Pedigree recording is rare in such systems which means that it is impos...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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BMC
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Genetics Selection Evolution |
| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12711-017-0342-1 |