Assessing the Impact of Different Mixing Strategies on Genomic Prediction Accuracy for Beef Cattle Breeding Values in Multi-Breed Genomic Prediction

• Published in: Animals (Basel) Vol. 15; no. 16; p. 2463
• Main Authors: Zhou, Le, Zhu, Lin, Ma, Fengying, Gu, Mingjuan, Zhang, Wenguang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 21.08.2025; MDPI
• Subjects: Accuracy; Beef cattle; Breeding of animals; Dairy cattle; Mutation; Whole genome sequencing

Although genomic selection can accelerate livestock breeding, its application in many countries is hindered due to the limited size of reference populations. To address this issue, researchers have explored methods of combining multiple breeds to create reference populations, aiming to enhance the a...