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Application of single-step genomic evaluation for crossbred performance in pig.
Journal of animal science - 1 Mar 2016
Xiang T, Nielsen B, Su G, Legarra A, Christensen O F
Abstract excerpt
Crossbreding is predominant and intensively used in commercial meat production systems, especially in poultry and swine. Genomic evaluation has been successfully applied for breeding within purebreds but also offers opportunities of selecting purebreds for crossbred performance by combining information from purebreds with information from crossbreds. However, it generally requires that all relevant animals are...
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