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Genomics – A New Era for Cattle Breeding. Session - ICBF

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How do SNPs relate to per<strong>for</strong>mance?<br />

• The cattle genome has ~ 3 billion nucleotides<br />

• Scientists have discovered ~ 40 million SNPs<br />

• At a SNP locus different variants are present<br />

• Different variants have different<br />

associations with per<strong>for</strong>mance

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