Multivariate analysis of founder specific inbreeding depression effects in Pirenaica Beef Cattle
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Recently, some studies have proposed to model inbreeding depression through partial inbreeding coefficients associated with founder individuals (Lacy et al., 1996). This approach allows to attribute the effects of inbreeding depression to specific founders (Lacy et al., 1996) and its assumptions has been confirmed in several traits in pigs (Rodrigañez et al, 1998; Casellas et al, 2009a), sheep (Casellas et al., 2009b), dairy (Gulisika et al., 2006) and beef cattle (Carolino and Gama, 2008).
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