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Joint genomic evaluation of French dairy cattle breeds using multiple-trait models.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 7 Dec 2012
Karoui Sofiene, Carabaño María Jesús, Díaz Clara, Legarra Andrés
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BACKGROUND: Using a multi-breed reference population might be a way of increasing the accuracy of genomic breeding values in small breeds. Models involving mixed-breed data do not take into account the fact that marker effects may differ among breeds. This study was aimed at investigating the impact on accuracy of increasing the number of genotyped candidates in the training set by using a multi-breed reference...
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