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Research Project: Developing a Systems Biology Approach to Enhance Efficiency and Sustainability of Lamb Production

Location: Livestock Bio-Systems

Title: Genetic reference flocks established at ARS stations

Author
item Murphy, Thomas - Tom
item Freking, Bradley - Brad
item Burke, Joan
item Taylor, Joshua - Bret

Submitted to: Sheep Industry News
Publication Type: Popular Publication
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/8/2022
Publication Date: 8/1/2022
Citation: Murphy, T.W., Freking, B., Burke, J., Taylor, J.B. 2022. Genetic reference flocks established at ARS stations. Sheep Industry News. 26(8):22-23.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: A team of scientists from the USDA ARS have established their sheep flocks as Genetic Reference Flocks to improve genetic evaluation in the U.S. sheep industry. This will enable the development of genomic enhanced estimated breeding values and evaluate novel traits for use in the National Sheep Improvement Program. This popular press article, to be published in the August issue of Sheep Industry News, describes the individual and joint efforts of investigators on this research team.