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Development of a SNP panel dedicated to parentage assignment in French sheep populations.
BMC genetics - 26 May 2017
Tortereau F, Moreno C R, Tosser-Klopp G, Servin B, Raoul J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The efficiency of breeding programs partly relies on the accuracy of the estimated breeding values which decreases when pedigrees are incomplete. Two reproduction techniques are mainly used by sheep breeders to identify the sires of lambs: animal insemination and natural matings with a single ram per group of ewes. Both methods have major drawbacks, notably time-consuming tasks for breeders, and are...
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