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Genomic selection of purebreds for crossbred performance.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 15 Jan 2009
Ibánez-Escriche Noelia, Fernando Rohan L, Toosi Ali, Dekkers Jack C M
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BACKGROUND: One of the main limitations of many livestock breeding programs is that selection is in pure breeds housed in high-health environments but the aim is to improve crossbred performance under field conditions. Genomic selection (GS) using high-density genotyping could be used to address this. However in crossbred populations, 1) effects of SNPs may be breed specific, and 2) linkage disequilibrium may not...
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