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Genomics, Genomic Evaluations or Genomic Selection. What and Why?

Published 20 August 09

Genomics, Genomic Evaluations or Genomic Selection. What and Why?

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The business of genomics has moved forward rapidly since January 2008 and now presents the UK dairy farmer with an additional tool to help select the next generation of cattle.

This fact sheet gives some of the background to the technology and helps to provide some answers, such as:

• What is Genomic Selection?
• What does it look like?
• Will it be more reliable than existing PTAs?
• Are genomically assessed bulls better bulls?
• What I need to look out for?
• What about using a team of bulls?
• What is the UK doing?