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Table 2 Average (±SD) ROH homozygosity by population 1

From: Characterizing homozygosity across United States, New Zealand and Australian Jersey cow and bull populations

 

Cow (2007–2009)

Bull (2001–2006)

Metric

AU (n = 886)

US (n = 1047)

AU (n = 306)

US (n = 736)

NZ (n = 768)

ROH45

0.130 (0.038)

0.139 (0.042)

0.129 (0.045)

0.148 (0.043)

0.099 (0.031)

ROH70

0.099 (0.038)

0.108 (0.041)

0.100 (0.043)

0.117 (0.042)

0.071 (0.030)

ROH95

0.078 (0.036)

0.087 (0.039)

0.080 (0.041)

0.097 (0.040)

0.054 (0.029)

Proportion Homozygous

0.667 (0.014)

0.666 (0.017)

0.669 (0.018)

0.672 (0.017)

0.658 (0.014)

  1. 1AU = Australia; US = United States; NZ = New Zealand.
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BMC Genomics

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