Journal of Animal Breeding and Genomics (J Anim Breed Genom)
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Research Article

Estimation of Pedigree Completeness Index, Inbreeding Coefficient and Effective Population Size of Breeding Stock for Hanwoo Cows

1Animal Genetics & Breeding Division, NIAS, Cheonan, 31000, Korea
2Hanwoo Improvement Center, Nonghyup, Seosan, 31948, Korea
3Genetic & Solutions Department, KAIA, Seocho, 06668, Korea

Correspondence to Tae-Jeong Choi, E-mail: choi6695@korea.kr

Volume 5, Number 3, Pages 73-83, September 2021.
Journal of Animal Breeding and Genomics 2021, 5(3), 73-83. https://doi.org/10.12972/jabng.20210007
Received on 06 August, 2021, Revised on 27 September, 2021, Accepted on 28 September, 2021, Published on 30 September, 2021.
Copyright © 2021 Korean Society of Animal Breeding and Genetics.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0).

ABSTRACT

This study was conducted to use the pedigree information of Hanwoo cows participating in the Hanwoo cow test project to examine changes in pedigree completion, inbreeding coefficient, and effective group size. As of 2020, 273,381 cows participating in the Hanwoo cow test project were used, and the final 581,816 data were used for analysis by inquiring up to 13 generations of pedigree records. The pedigree completeness index(PCI) analysis used only individuals who knew both parents and whose parents knew at least one parent. According to the analysis, pedigree completeness and average coefficients are increasing gradually with the year of birth, with the mean coefficient of the lastest animals with accumulated pedigree records relatively low. The results of estimating the effective group size were estimated in the range from 215 animals(1999-2019) to 51 animals(2018-2019), indicating a trend in which the effective group of groups containing animals born in the past rapidly decreases over time. Through the Hanwoo cow test project, Hanwoo farmers should make continuous efforts to prevent inbreeding coefficient damage by customized breeding considering individual pedigree information and genetic ability, and to minimize the loss of genetic diversity by mitigating the concentration of bulls. However, as many studies have shown, the effective group size is decreasing, and in order to maintain genetic diversity in Hanwoo groups, additional studies such as cow genomic selection, which can increase effective group size due to the variety of selection and breeding methods.

KEYWORDS

Hanwoo, pedigree completeness index, inbreeding coefficient, effective population size

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

본 논문은 농촌진흥청 연구사업(세부과제번호: PJ012606012021)의 지원에 의해 이루어진 것임.

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