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Genomic selection in the German Landrace population of the Bavarian herdbook.
Journal of animal science - 1 Nov 2016
Gertz M, Edel C, Ruß I, Dodenhoff J, Götz K-U, Thaller G
Abstract excerpt
The aim of our study was to compare different validation methods with respect to their impact on validation results and to evaluate the feasibility of genomic selection in the German Landrace population of the Bavarian herdbook. For this purpose, a sample of 337 boars and 1,676 sows was genotyped with the Illumina PorcineSNP60 BeadChip. Conventional BLUP breeding values for fertility, growth, carcass, and quality...
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