Genetic benefits of genomic selection breeding programmes considering foreign sire contributions

Abstract Background In modern dairy breeding programmes, high contributions from foreign sires are nearly always present. Genotyping, and therefore genomic selection (GS), concern only a subpopulation of the breeding programme’s wider dairy population. These features of a breeding programme contribu...

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Main Authors: Daragh Matthews, John F. Kearney, Andrew R. Cromie, Fiona S. Hely, Peter R. Amer
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:Genetics Selection Evolution
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12711-019-0483-5