Gir is one of the main cattle breeds raised in tropical South American countries. Strong
artificial selection through its domestication resulted in increased genetic differentiation …

Data from a selection experiment for growth carried out in Brazil were analyzed in order to
evaluate the direct responses on yearling weight (YW) and the correlated responses on the …

Data from 9 studies were compiled to evaluate the effects of 20 yr of selection for
postweaning weight (PWW) on carcass characteristics and meat quality in experimental …

The genetic parameters for Brahman cattle under the tropical conditions of Mexico are
scarce. Therefore, heritabilities, additive direct and maternal correlations, and genetic …

Foram avaliados os efeitos da seleção para peso pós-desmame sobre características de
carcaça e rendimento de cortes cárneos comerciais de 44 bovinos machos não-castrados …

Quarenta e quatro machos inteiros provenientes de rebanhos selecionados para peso aos
378 dias (P378), nascidos em 1995, foram confinados na Estação Experimental de …

El objetivo de esta investigación fue estimar las tendencias genéticas para peso al
nacimiento (PN, n= 1523), al destete (PD, n= 1522), al año (PA, n= 1523) ya los 18 meses …

Data from 1 698 animals belonging to an experimental Caracu herd were analysed with the
objective of calculating the population selection differentials, generation intervals, effective …

Foram analisados registros de 1.698 animais de um rebanho Caracu selecionado para
peso pós-desmame entre os anos 1979 e 2002 com o objetivo de verificar a existência de …

Runs of homozygosity (ROH) are contiguous homozygous regions of the genome. These
regions can be used to identify genes associated with traits of economic interest, as well as …