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Authorship: SÖLKNER, J.; PEREZ O'BRIEN, A. M.; HÖLLER, D.; BOISON, S. A.; MILANESI, M.; BOMBA, L.; UTSUNOMIYA, Y. T.; CARVALHEIRO, R.; NEVES, H. H. R.; SILVA, M. V. G. B.; VAN TASSEL, C. P.; SOSTENGARD, T. S.; MÉSZÁROS, G.; AJMONE-MARSAN, P.; GARCIA, J. F.

The beef industry is a major employment industry in Brazil and the country is currently the world’s third largest exporter of beef. From the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s, thousands of zebus were importe... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2016

Authorship: MÉSZÁROS, G.; BOISON, S. A.; O'BRIEN, A. M. P.; FERENCAKOVIC, M.; CURIK, I.; SILVA, M. V. G. B.; UTSONOMIYA, Y. T.; GARCIA, J. F.; SÖLKNER, J.

Analysis of genomic data is increasingly becoming part of the livestock industry. Therefore, the routine collection of genomic information would be an invaluable resource for effective management of b... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2015

Authorship: NEVES, H. H.; CARVALHEIRO, R.; O'BRIEN, A. M.; UTSUNOMIYA, Y. T.; CARMO, A. S. do; SCHENKEL, F. S.; SÖLKNER, J.; MCEWAN, J. C.; VAN TASSELL, C. P.; COLE, J. B.; SILVA, M. V. G. B.; QUEIROZ, S. A.; SONSTEGARD, T. S.; GARCIA, J. F.

Background- Nellore cattle play an important role in beef production in tropical systems and there is great interest in determining if genomic selection can contribute to accelerate genetic improvemen... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2014

Authorship: O'BRIEN, A. M. P.; UTSUNOMIYA, Y. T.; MÉSZÁROS, G.; BICKHART, D. M.; LIU, G. E.; TASSEL, C. P. V.; SONSTEGARD, T. S.; SILVA, M. V. G. B.; GARCIA, J. F.; SÖLKNER, J.

Signatures of selection are regions in the genome that have been preferentially increased in frequency and fixed in a population because of their functional importance in specific processes. These reg... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2014

Authorship: UTSUNOMIYA, Y. T.; CARMO, A. S.; NEVES, H. H. R.; CARVALHEIRO, R.; MATOS, M. C.; ZAVAREZ, L. B.; ITO, P. K. R. K.; O'BRIEN, A. M. P.; SOLKNER, J.; PORTO-NETO, L. R.; SCHENKEL, F. S.; McEWAN, J.; COLE, J. B.; SILVA, M. V. G. B.; VAN TASSELL, C. P.; SONSTEGARD, T. S.; GARCIA, J. F.

The reproductive performance of bulls has a high impact on the beef cattle industry. Scrotal circumference (SC) is the most recorded reproductive trait in beef herds, and is used as a major selection... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2014

Authorship: PORTO-NETO, L. R.; SONSTEGARD, T. S.; LIU, G. E.; BICKHART, D. M.; SILVA, M. V. G. B.; MACHADO, M. A.; UTSUNOMIYA, Y. T.; GARCIA, J. F.; GONDRO, C.; VAN TASSELL, C. P.

Background - Natural selection has molded evolution across all taxa. At an arguable date of around 330,000 years ago there were already at least two different types of cattle that became ancestors of... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2013

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