Breed, heterosis, and recombination effects for lactation curves in Brazilian cattle

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to estimate the breed, heterosis, and recombination effects on different components of the lactation curve of Girolando cattle. The dataset used consisted of 12,121 purebred cows of Holstein (H) and Gyr (G) breeds, and six H×G crossbred cows (Girolando). The...

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Main Authors: Darlene dos Santos Daltro, Alessandro Haiduck Padilha, Luís Telo da Gama, Marcos Vinícius Gualberto Barbosa da Silva, Jaime Araujo Cobuci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2021-02-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982021000100400&tlng=en