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

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To Conclude<br />

• Differences seen between individuals of a<br />

species are mostly due to SNPs<br />

• We can relate SNP variants to per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />

• Genomic selection<br />

• SNP in<strong>for</strong>mation can also be used to predict<br />

parentage accurately<br />

• Imputation is a method to accurately predict<br />

SNP variants present cheaper than traditionally<br />

• Customised chips to be developed <strong>for</strong> Ireland

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