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Dairy cattle breeding has historically focused on relatively small numbers of elite bulls as sires of sons. In recent years, generation intervals were reduced and more diverse sires of sons could have been selected, because with genomic selection a much larger number of individuals are being analyzed. However, a relatively small number of elite bulls are still siring those animals. Therefore inbreeding-derived negative consequences in the gene pool have brought concern. The detrimental effects of non-additive genetic changes such as inbreeding depression and dominance have been widely disseminated while seriously affecting bio economically important parameters because of an antagonistic relationship between dairy production and reproductive traits.
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