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Assessing SNP markers for assigning individuals to cattle populations.
Animal genetics - 1 Feb 2009
Negrini R, Nicoloso L, Crepaldi P, Milanesi E, Colli L, Chegdani F, Pariset L, Dunner S, Leveziel H, Williams J L, Ajmone Marsan P
Abstract excerpt
The effectiveness of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for the assignment of cattle to their source breeds was investigated by analysing a panel of 90 SNPs assayed on 24 European breeds. Breed assignment was performed by comparing the Bayesian and frequentist methods implemented in the STRUCTURE 2.2 and GENECLASS 2 software programs. The use of SNPs for the reallocation of known individuals to their breeds...
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