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On the distance of genetic relationships and the accuracy of genomic prediction in pig breeding.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 1 Aug 2014
Meuwissen Theo H E, Odegard Jorgen, Andersen-Ranberg Ina, Grindflek Eli
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BACKGROUND: With the advent of genomic selection, alternative relationship matrices are used in animal breeding, which vary in their coverage of distant relationships due to old common ancestors. Relationships based on pedigree (A) and linkage analysis (GLA) cover only recent relationships because of the limited depth of the known pedigree. Relationships based on identity-by-state (G) include relationships up to...
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