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Bayesian analysis of parent-specific transmission ratio distortion in seven Spanish beef cattle breeds.
Animal genetics - 1 Feb 2017
Casellas J, Cañas-Álvarez J J, González-Rodríguez A, Puig-Oliveras A, Fina M, Piedrafita J, Molina A, Díaz C, Baró J A, Varona L
Abstract excerpt
Transmission ratio distortion (TRD) is the departure from the expected Mendelian ratio in offspring, a poorly investigated biological phenomenon in livestock species. Given the current availability of specific parametric methods for the analysis of segregation data, this study focused on the screening of TRD in 602 402 single nucleotide polymorphisms covering all autosomal chromosomes in seven Spanish beef cattle...
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