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Including crossbred pigs in the genomic relationship matrix through utilization of both linkage disequilibrium and linkage analysis.
Journal of animal science - 1 Dec 2017
Iversen M W, Nordbø Ø, Gjerlaug-Enger E, Grindflek E, Lopes M S, Meuwissen T H E
Abstract excerpt
In pig breeding, the final product is a crossbred (CB) animal, while selection is performed at the purebred (PB) level using mainly PB data. However, incorporating CB data in genetic evaluations is expected to result in greater genetic progress at the CB level. Currently, there is no optimal way to include CB genotypes into the genomic relationship matrix. This is because, in single-step genomic BLUP, which is...
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