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Genomic selection in admixed and crossbred populations.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jan 2010
Toosi A, Fernando R L, Dekkers J C M
Abstract excerpt
In livestock, genomic selection (GS) has primarily been investigated by simulation of purebred populations. Traits of interest are, however, often measured in crossbred or mixed populations with uncertain breed composition. If such data are used as the training data for GS without accounting for breed composition, estimates of marker effects may be biased due to population stratification and admixture. To...
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