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Genotype calling of triploid offspring from diploid parents.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 18 Mar 2020
Grashei Kim Erik, Ødegård Jørgen, Meuwissen Theo H E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Polyploidy is widespread in animals and especially in plants. Different kinds of ploidies exist, for example, hexaploidy in wheat, octaploidy in strawberries, and diploidy, triploidy, tetraploidy, and pseudo-tetraploidy (partly tetraploid) in fish. Triploid offspring from diploid parents occur frequently in the wild in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and, as with triploidy in general, the triploid...
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