The advent of genomic selection paved the way for an unprecedented acceleration in genetic progress. The increased ability to select superior individuals has been coupled with a drastic reduction in the generation interval for most dairy populations, representing both an opportunity and a challenge. Homozygosity is now rapidly accumulating in dairy populations. Currently, inbreeding depression is managed mostly by culling at the farm level and by controlling the overall accumulation of homozygosity at the population level. A better understanding of how homozygosity and recessive load are related will guarantee continued genetic improvement while curtailing the accumulation of harmful recessives and maintaining enough genetic variability to ensure the possibility of selection in the face of changing environmental conditions. In this review, we present a snapshot of the current dairy selection structure as it relates to response to selection and accumulation of homozygosity, briefly outline the main approaches currently used to manage inbreeding and overall variability, and present some approaches that can be used in the short term to control accumulation of harmful recessives while maintaining sustained selection pressure.
Symposium review: Exploiting homozygosity in the era of genomics—Selection, inbreeding, and mating programs / Maltecca C; Tiezzi Francesco; Cole JB; Baes C.. - In: JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE. - ISSN 0022-0302. - ELETTRONICO. - 103:(2020), pp. 5302-5313. [10.3168/jds.2019-17846]
Symposium review: Exploiting homozygosity in the era of genomics—Selection, inbreeding, and mating programs
Tiezzi Francesco;
2020
Abstract
The advent of genomic selection paved the way for an unprecedented acceleration in genetic progress. The increased ability to select superior individuals has been coupled with a drastic reduction in the generation interval for most dairy populations, representing both an opportunity and a challenge. Homozygosity is now rapidly accumulating in dairy populations. Currently, inbreeding depression is managed mostly by culling at the farm level and by controlling the overall accumulation of homozygosity at the population level. A better understanding of how homozygosity and recessive load are related will guarantee continued genetic improvement while curtailing the accumulation of harmful recessives and maintaining enough genetic variability to ensure the possibility of selection in the face of changing environmental conditions. In this review, we present a snapshot of the current dairy selection structure as it relates to response to selection and accumulation of homozygosity, briefly outline the main approaches currently used to manage inbreeding and overall variability, and present some approaches that can be used in the short term to control accumulation of harmful recessives while maintaining sustained selection pressure.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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