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Table 1 Average local merit, average inbreeding and coancestry of candidates (parents), according to breed and sex

From: Optimized diffusion of buck semen for saving genetic variability in selected dairy goat populations

Breed

Sex

Merit (local σ g )

F (%)

Coancestry* (%)

Alpine

Tested bucks

2.16

2.28

2.29

Alpine

Females

1.00

1.75

3.61

Saanen

Tested bucks

2.08

2.25

2.72

Saanen

Females

1.01

1.98

3.84

  1. *For tested bucks: coancestry with all the females. For females: coancestry with females of the same flock