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How Depressing Is Inbreeding? A Meta-Analysis of 30 Years of Research on the Effects of Inbreeding in Livestock by Doekes, Harmen P., Bijma, Piter, Windig, Jack J.

“…Inbreeding depression has been widely documented for livestock and other animal and plant populations. Inbreeding is generally expected to have a stronger…”
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Inbreeding depression due to recent and ancient inbreeding in Dutch Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle by Doekes, Harmen P, Veerkamp, Roel F, Bijma, Piter, de Jong, Gerben, Hiemstra, Sipke J, Windig, Jack J

“…Inbreeding decreases animal performance (inbreeding depression), but not all inbreeding is expected to be equally harmful. Recent inbreeding is expected to be…”
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Trends in genome-wide and region-specific genetic diversity in the Dutch-Flemish Holstein-Friesian breeding program from 1986 to 2015 by Doekes, Harmen P, Veerkamp, Roel F, Bijma, Piter, Hiemstra, Sipke J, Windig, Jack J

“…In recent decades, Holstein-Friesian (HF) selection schemes have undergone profound changes, including the introduction of optimal contribution selection (OCS;…”
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Opportunities of Genomics for the Use of Semen Cryo-Conserved in Gene Banks by Oldenbroek, J. Kor, Windig, Jack J.

“…Shortly after the introduction of cryo-conserved semen in the main farm animal species, gene banks were founded. Safeguarding farm animal genetic diversity for…”
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Modelling of strategies for genetic control of scrapie in sheep: The importance of population structure by Hagenaars, Thomas J, Melchior, Marielle B, Windig, Jack J, Bossers, Alex, Davidse, Aart, van Zijderveld, Fred G

“…Scrapie is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy in sheep and an example of a disease that may be controlled through breeding for disease resistance…”
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Genomics of a revived breed: Case study of the Belgian campine cattle by François, Liesbeth, Wijnrocx, Katrien, Colinet, Frédéric G, Gengler, Nicolas, Hulsegge, Bettine, Windig, Jack J, Buys, Nadine, Janssens, Steven

“…Through centuries of both natural and artificial selection, a variety of local cattle populations arose with highly specific phenotypes. However, the…”
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Retriever and Pointer: Software to Evaluate Inbreeding and Genetic Management in Captive Populations by Windig, Jack J, Hulsegge, Ina

“…The Retriever and Pointer software has been developed for genetic management of (small) captive populations The Retriever program uses as input pedigree data…”
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Inbreeding depression across the genome of Dutch Holstein Friesian dairy cattle by Doekes, Harmen P, Bijma, Piter, Veerkamp, Roel F, de Jong, Gerben, Wientjes, Yvonne C J, Windig, Jack J

“…Inbreeding depression refers to the decrease in mean performance due to inbreeding. Inbreeding depression is caused by an increase in homozygosity and reduced…”
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Investigation of a Simple Model for Within-Flock Transmission of Scrapie by Hagenaars, Thomas J, Windig, Jack J

“…Genetic control programs for scrapie in sheep build on solid knowledge of how susceptibility to scrapie is modulated by the prion protein genotype at the level…”
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Selection and Drift: A Comparison between Historic and Recent Dutch Friesian Cattle and Recent Holstein Friesian Using WGS Data by Hulsegge, Ina, Oldenbroek, Kor, Bouwman, Aniek, Veerkamp, Roel, Windig, Jack

“…Over the last century, genetic diversity in many cattle breeds has been affected by the replacement of traditional local breeds with just a few milk-producing…”
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The effect of rare alleles on estimated genomic relationships from whole genome sequence data by Eynard, Sonia E, Windig, Jack J, Leroy, Grégoire, van Binsbergen, Rianne, Calus, Mario P L

“…Relationships between individuals and inbreeding coefficients are commonly used for breeding decisions, but may be affected by the type of data used for their…”
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Whole-genome sequence data uncover loss of genetic diversity due to selection by Eynard, Sonia E, Windig, Jack J, Hiemstra, Sipke J, Calus, Mario P L

“…Whole-genome sequence (WGS) data give access to more complete structural genetic information of individuals, including rare variants, not fully covered by…”
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Prediction of the reliability of genomic breeding values for crossbred performance by Vandenplas, Jérémie, Windig, Jack J, Calus, Mario P L

“…In crossbreeding programs, various genomic prediction models have been proposed for using phenotypic records of crossbred animals to increase the selection…”
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Assigning breed origin to alleles in crossbred animals by Vandenplas, Jérémie, Calus, Mario P L, Sevillano, Claudia A, Windig, Jack J, Bastiaansen, John W M

“…For some species, animal production systems are based on the use of crossbreeding to take advantage of the increased performance of crossbred compared to…”
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Characterization of Genetic Diversity Conserved in the Gene Bank for Dutch Cattle Breeds by van Breukelen, Anouk E., Doekes, Harmen P., Windig, Jack J., Oldenbroek, Kor

“…In this study, we characterized genetic diversity in the gene bank for Dutch native cattle breeds. A total of 715 bulls from seven native breeds and a sample…”
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Reducing inbreeding rates with a breeding circle: Theory and practice in Veluws Heideschaap by Windig, Jack J., Verweij, Marjolein J. W., Oldenbroek, J. Kor

“…Breeding circles allow genetic management in closed populations without pedigrees. In a breeding circle, breeding is split over sub‐populations. Each…”
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The impact of using old germplasm on genetic merit and diversity—A cattle breed case study by Eynard, Sonia E., Windig, Jack J., Hulsegge, Ina, Hiemstra, Sipke‐Joost, Calus, Mario P. L.

“…Artificial selection and high genetic gains in livestock breeds led to a loss of genetic diversity. Current genetic diversity conservation actions focus on…”
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Estimating Relatedness Between Individuals in General Populations With a Focus on Their Use in Conservation Programs by Oliehoek, Pieter A, Windig, Jack J, van Arendonk, Johan A. M, Bijma, Piter

“…Relatedness estimators are widely used in genetic studies, but effects of population structure on performance of estimators, criteria to evaluate estimators,…”
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Are peripheral populations special? Congruent patterns in two butterfly species by Cassel-Lundhagen, Anna, Tammaru, Toomas, Windig, Jack J., Ryrholm, Nils, Nylin, Sören

“…Populations at range margins may be genetically different from more central ones for a number of mutually non-exclusive reasons. Specific selection pressures…”
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Effects of the number of markers per haplotype and clustering of haplotypes on the accuracy of QTL mapping and prediction of genomic breeding values by Calus, Mario P L, Meuwissen, Theo H E, Windig, Jack J, Knol, Egbert F, Schrooten, Chris, Vereijken, Addie L J, Veerkamp, Roel F

“…The aim of this paper was to compare the effect of haplotype definition on the precision of QTL-mapping and on the accuracy of predicted genomic breeding…”
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