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Genetic diversity assessment of the Mexican Simmental population through pedigree analysis

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ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the genetic variability of the Mexican Simmental. Inbreeding was calculated by year for animals born from 1985 to 2014. Proportion of… Click to show full abstract

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the genetic variability of the Mexican Simmental. Inbreeding was calculated by year for animals born from 1985 to 2014. Proportion of ancestors known, average equivalent complete generations, generation interval, and effective size, as well as the effective numbers of founders, ancestors, and founder genomes were calculated for animals born in six periods (1985-1989, 1990-1994, 1995-1999, 2000-2004, 2005-2009, and 2010-2014). The year 1985 was selected as the initial year to form the [...]

Keywords: diversity assessment; mexican simmental; simmental population; assessment mexican; population pedigree; genetic diversity

Journal Title: Revista Brasileira De Zootecnia
Year Published: 2018

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