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Recent and historical recombination in the admixed Norwegian Red cattle breed.
BMC genomics - 14 Jan 2011
Sodeland Marte, Kent Matthew, Hayes Ben J, Grove Harald, Lien Sigbjørn
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Comparison of recent patterns of recombination derived from linkage maps to historical patterns of recombination from linkage disequilibrium (LD) could help identify genomic regions affected by strong artificial selection, appearing as reduced recent recombination. Norwegian Red cattle (NRF) make an interesting case study for investigating these patterns as it is an admixed breed with an extensively...
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