Article
Technical note: Genomic evaluation for crossbred performance in a single-step approach with metafounders.
Journal of animal science - 1 Apr 2017
Xiang T, Christensen O F, Legarra A
Abstract excerpt
A single-step genomic BLUP method (ssGBLUP) has been successfully developed and applied for purebred and crossbred performance in pigs. However, it requires phasing the genotypes and inferring the breed origin of alleles in crossbred animals, which is somewhat inconvenient. Recently, a new concept of metafounders that considers the relationship within and across base populations was developed. With this concept...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Female
- Genetics, Population
- Genomics
- Genotype
- Hybridization, Genetic
- Male
- Models, Genetic
- Pedigree
- Swine
