Short communication: The combined use of linkage disequilibrium-based haploblocks and allele frequency-based haplotype selection methods enhances genomic evaluation accuracy in dairy cattle.

Abstract excerpt

The construction and use of haploblocks [adjacent single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in strong linkage disequilibrium] for genomic evaluation is advantageous, because the number of effects to be estimated can be reduced without discarding relevant genomic information. Furthermore, haplotypes (...

Topics

• Animals
• Breeding
• Cattle
• Gene Frequency
• Genome
• Genomics
• Genotype
• Haplotypes
• Linkage Disequilibrium
• Male
• Models, Genetic
• Phenotype
• Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide