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The use of communal rearing of families and DNA pooling in aquaculture genomic selection schemes.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 22 Nov 2010
Sonesson Anna K, Meuwissen Theo H E, Goddard Michael E
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BACKGROUND: Traditional family-based aquaculture breeding programs, in which families are kept separately until individual tagging and most traits are measured on the sibs of the candidates, are costly and require a high level of reproductive control. The most widely used alternative is a selection scheme, where families are reared communally and the candidates are selected based on their own individual...
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