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The effect of genomic information on optimal contribution selection in livestock breeding programs.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 30 Oct 2013
Clark Samuel A, Kinghorn Brian P, Hickey John M, van der Werf Julius H J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Long-term benefits in animal breeding programs require that increases in genetic merit be balanced with the need to maintain diversity (lost due to inbreeding). This can be achieved by using optimal contribution selection. The availability of high-density DNA marker information enables the incorporation of genomic data into optimal contribution selection but this raises the question about how this...
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