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Genomic selection for slaughter age in pigs using the Cox frailty model.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 19 Oct 2015
Santos V S, Martins Filho S, Resende M D V, Azevedo C F, Lopes P S, Guimarães S E F, Glória L S, Silva F F
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to compare genomic selection methodologies using a linear mixed model and the Cox survival model. We used data from an F2 population of pigs, in which the response variable was the time in days from birth to the culling of the animal and the covariates were 238 markers [237 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) plus the halothane gene]. The data were corrected for fixed effects, and the...
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