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Table 4 Top 20 most influential animals born between 1960 and 2018 (to the left) and between 2010 and 2018 (to the right)

From: Inbreeding and pedigree analysis of the European red dairy cattle

Animals born between 1960 and 2018

Animals born between 2010 and 2018

Breed*Country

Sex

Birth year

Marginal contribution (%)

Breed*Country

Sex

Birth year

Marginal contribution (%)

MRY*NLD

M

1960

3.10

RDC*DNK

M

2004

2.50

RDC*SWE

M

1990

2.41

RDC*SWE

M

2006

1.44

RDC*SWE

M

1991

2.34

RDC*SWE

M

2005

1.35

RDC*NOR

M

1967

2.08

RDC*SWE

M

2004

1.27

MRY*NLD

M

1966

1.85

RDC*FIN

M

2005

1.12

RDC*FIN

M

1960

1.53

RDC*DNK

M

2007

1.10

RDC*SWE

F

1996

1.41

RDC*NOR

M

2004

1.06

RDC*FIN

M

1966

1.40

RDC*NOR

M

2009

0.92

RDC*DNK

M

2004

1.31

RDC*NOR

M

2008

0.88

MRY*NLD

M

1964

1.30

RDC*FIN

M

2004

0.78

MRY*NLD

M

1974

1.28

RDC*SWE

M

2003

0.78

RDC*NOR

M

1987

1.28

RDC*FIN

M

2006

0.72

RDC*NOR

M

1991

1.17

RDC*DNK

M

2004

0.69

RDC*FIN

M

1994

1.02

RDC*NOR

M

2009

0.69

HOL*SWE

M

1964

0.97

RDC*NOR

M

2006

0.59

RDC*FIN

M

1996

0.95

RDC*DNK

M

2006

0.57

MRY*NLD

M

1968

0.92

RDC*FIN

M

2004

0.56

MRY*NLD

M

1978

0.85

RDC*NOR

M

2006

0.56

RDC*SWE

M

1996

0.85

RDC*NOR

M

2009

0.56

RDC*SWE

M

1987

0.82

RDC*FIN

M

2003

0.53