supported by Grant no.2017-67007-26143 from the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative of USDA-NIFA;the L.E.“Red” Larson Endowment and Florida Cattleman’s Association;supported by USDA NIFA grant 2021-38420-34067。
Background In beef cattle, more than 50% of the energy input to produce a unit of beef is consumed by the female that produced the calf. Development of genomic tools to identify females with high genetic merit for rep...