Excellent reproductive performance in both males and females is fundamental to profitable
dairy and beef production systems. In this review we undertook a meta-analysis of genetic …

In livestock, many studies have reported the results of imputation to 50k single nucleotide
polymorphism (SNP) genotypes for animals that are genotyped with low-density SNP …

Background Currently, genome-wide evaluation of cattle populations is based on SNP-
genotyping using~ 54 000 SNP. Increasing the number of markers might improve genomic …

Many traits affecting profitability and sustainability of meat, milk, and fiber production are
polygenic, with no single gene having an overwhelming influence on observed variation. No …

Background Although inbreeding caused by the mating of animals related through a recent
common ancestor is expected to have more harmful effects on phenotypes than ancient …

This study aimed at assessing inbreeding and its effect on growth and fertility traits using the
longtime closed line 1 Hereford cattle population. Inbreeding was estimated based on …

Simple Summary Inbreeding depression is the decreased fitness of offspring of closely
related individuals. It is a common problem in the livestock industry as a consequence of …

The objective of this study was to evaluate, using three different genotype density panels,
the accuracy of imputation from lower‐to higher‐density genotypes in dairy and beef cattle …

Background Strategies for imputing genotypes from the Illumina-Bovine3K, Illumina-
BovineLD (6K), BeefLD-GGP (8K), a non-commercial-15K and IndicusLD-GGP (20K) to …

Background F 2 resource populations have been used extensively to map QTL segregating
between pig breeds. A limitation associated with the use of these resource populations for …