Effect of Artificial Selection on Runs of Homozygosity in U.S. Holstein Cattle
Effect of Artificial Selection on Runs of Homozygosity in U.S. Holstein Cattle
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United States: Public Library of Science
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The intensive selection programs for milk made possible by mass artificial insemination increased the similarity among the genomes of North American (NA) Holsteins tremendously since the 1960s. This migration of elite alleles has caused certain regions of the genome to have runs of homozygosity (ROH) occasionally spanning millions of continuous bas...
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Effect of Artificial Selection on Runs of Homozygosity in U.S. Holstein Cattle
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1458577194
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1458577194
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0080813
