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Copy number variations in high and low fertility breeding boars.
BMC genomics - 10 Apr 2015
Revay Tamas, Quach Anh T, Maignel Laurence, Sullivan Brian, King W Allan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In this study we applied the extreme groups/selective genotyping approach for identifying copy number variations in high and low fertility breeding boars. The fertility indicator was the calculated Direct Boar Effect on litter size (DBE) that was obtained as a by-product of the national genetic evaluation for litter size (BLUP). The two groups of animals had DBE values at the upper (high fertility)...
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