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A single nucleotide polymorphism set for paternal identification to reduce the costs of trait recording in commercial pig breeding.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jun 2011
Harlizius B, Lopes M S, Duijvesteijn N, van de Goor L H P, van Haeringen W A, Panneman H, Guimarães S E F, Merks J W M, Knol E F
Abstract excerpt
In animal breeding, recording of correct pedigrees is essential to achieve genetic progress. Markers on DNA are useful to verify the on-farm pedigree records (parental verification) but can also be used to assign parents retrospectively (parental identification). This approach could reduce the costs of recording for traits with low incidence, such as those related to diseases or mortality. In this study, SNP were...
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