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A variety of fact sheets and position papers on management practices and producer issues have been developed by NBCEC.
Fact Sheets
- Commercial Heifer Selection Using Genomics
- Alison Van Eenennaam - Application of Genomic Information: The California Commercial Ranch Project
- Alison Van Eenennaam - Results from the USMARC 2000 Bull Project
- Mark Thallman - Relationships of Beef Breeds Using the 50K Chip
- Larry Kuehn - Realistic Expectations of Genomics and Current Applications
- Matt Spangler - Tracking fertility using pooled DNA information
- Tara McDaneld - Commercially-available DNA Tests for Beef Cattle
- Alison Van Eenennaam - Introduction to Indexes
- Bob Weaber - MA-EPDS: Perspective from American Angus Association
- Sally L. Northcut - Where We Go From Here: Robustness of SNP effects across breeds
- Stephen D. Kachman - Current Status of Genotyping and Discovery Work at USMARC
- Larry Kuehn - Value of DNA information for beef bull selection
- Alison Van Eenennaam - Need for marker assisted EPDs
- Matt Spangler - DNA-based progeny testing and development of commercial ranch EPDs
- Alison Van Eenennaam - Marker-Assisted Selection
- Alison Van Eenennaam - The Value of Improving Accuracy of Yearling Bulls
- Matt Spangler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Validation of Marker Tests
- Alison Van Eenennaam - Basics of DNA markers and genotyping
- Alison Van Eenennaam - Fundamentals of Expected Progeny Differences
- Darrh Bullock, Extension Professor, University of Kentucky - Whole Genome Selection
- Mark Thallman - Guide to DNA Markers
- Alison Van Eenennaam
Position Papers
Popular Press
- Smithsonian magazine - Breeding the Perfect Bull
A Texas cattleman used genetic science to breed his masterpiece – a near-perfect Red Angus bull. Then nature took its course.
By Jeanne Marie Laskas | April 2010 - Drover's - Wading in the gene pool
By Holly Foster | Friday, May 15, 2009