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Linkage disequilibrium patterns and persistence of phase in purebred and crossbred pig (Sus scrofa) populations.
BMC genetics - 25 Nov 2014
Veroneze Renata, Bastiaansen John W M, Knol Egbert F, Guimarães Simone E F, Silva Fabyano F, Harlizius Barbara, Lopes Marcos S, Lopes Paulo S
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BACKGROUND: Genomic selection and genomic wide association studies are widely used methods that aim to exploit the linkage disequilibrium (LD) between markers and quantitative trait loci (QTL). Securing a sufficiently large set of genotypes and phenotypes can be a limiting factor that may be overcome by combining data from multiple breeds or using crossbred information. However, the estimated effect of a marker...
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