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Design of reference populations for genomic selection in crossbreeding programs.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 7 Mar 2015
van Grevenhof Ilse E M, van der Werf Julius H J
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BACKGROUND: In crossbreeding programs, genomic selection offers the opportunity to make efficient use of information on crossbred (CB) individuals in the selection of purebred (PB) candidates. In such programs, reference populations often contain genotyped PB animals, although the breeding objective is usually more focused on CB performance. The question is what would be the benefit of including a larger...
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