Table 1 Average age of alternate alleles from BTA25, expressed in Time to the Most Recent Common Ancestor (TMRCA), estimated with GEVA and using the recombination clock.

From: An evaluation of inbreeding measures using a whole-genome sequenced cattle pedigree

 

Alternate alleles

Private alternate alleles

Allele frequency

Number of alleles

Average TMRCA

Number of alleles

Average TMRCA

0 <. ≤ 0.05

59,943

604

19,108

361

0.05 <. ≤ 0.15

50,596

1284

6136

564

0.15 <. ≤ 0.30

43,931

1820

1633

772

.> 0.30

76,281

2946

180

4851

  1. The time is measured in generations. Private alleles refer to alleles absent from a whole-genome sequence data sample available for another breed (Belgian Blue cattle). Private alleles are selected to enrich the set of SNPs in young alleles.
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