Table 1

Composition of the breed pools.

Pool
Breed
Number of animals
Total number of animals

Pool A
Belgian Blue
8
16

Piedmontese
8

Pool B
Murray Grey
8
16

Shorthorn
8

Pool C
Hereford
8
16

Simmental
8

Pool D
Friesian
8
16

Jersey × Limousin back-cross
8


Lee et al. BMC Genomics 2006 7:298   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-7-298