Article
Strategies for genotype imputation in composite beef cattle.
BMC genetics - 7 Aug 2015
Chud Tatiane C S, Ventura Ricardo V, Schenkel Flavio S, Carvalheiro Roberto, Buzanskas Marcos E, Rosa Jaqueline O, Mudadu Maurício de Alvarenga, da Silva Marcos Vinicius G B, Mokry Fabiana B, Marcondes Cintia R, Regitano Luciana C A, Munari Danísio P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genotype imputation has been used to increase genomic information, allow more animals in genome-wide analyses, and reduce genotyping costs. In Brazilian beef cattle production, many animals are resulting from crossbreeding and such an event may alter linkage disequilibrium patterns. Thus, the challenge is to obtain accurately imputed genotypes in crossbred animals. The objective of this study was to...
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