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Efficiency of genomic prediction for boar taint reduction in Danish Landrace pigs.
Animal genetics - 1 Dec 2015
Lukić B, Pong-Wong R, Rowe S J, de Koning D J, Velander I, Haley C S, Archibald A L, Woolliams J A
Abstract excerpt
Genetic selection against boar taint, which is caused by high skatole and androstenone concentrations in fat, is a more acceptable alternative than is the current practice of castration. Genomic predictors offer an opportunity to overcome the limitations of such selection caused by the phenotype being expressed only in males at slaughter, and this study evaluated different approaches to obtain such predictors....
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