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Genomic breed prediction in New Zealand sheep.
BMC genetics - 16 Sept 2014
Dodds Ken G, Auvray Benoît, Newman Sheryl-Anne N, McEwan John C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Two genetic marker-based methods are compared for use in breed prediction, using a New Zealand sheep resource. The methods were a genomic selection (GS) method, using genomic BLUP, and a regression method (Regp) using the allele frequencies estimated from a subset of purebred animals. Four breed proportions, Romney, Coopworth, Perendale and Texel, were predicted, using Illumina OvineSNP50 genotypes....
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