Candidate lethal haplotypes and causal mutations in Angus cattle

Abstract Background If unmanaged, high rates of inbreeding in livestock populations adversely impact their reproductive fitness. In beef cattle, historical selection strategies have increased the frequency of several segregating fatal autosomal recessive polymorphisms. Selective breeding has also de...

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Main Authors: Jesse L. Hoff, Jared E. Decker, Robert D. Schnabel, Jeremy F. Taylor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-017-4196-2

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