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Assessing breed integrity of Göttingen Minipigs.
BMC genomics - 16 Apr 2020
Reimer Christian, Ha Ngoc-Thuy, Sharifi Ahmad Reza, Geibel Johannes, Mikkelsen Lars Friis, Schlather Martin, Weigend Steffen, Simianer Henner
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BACKGROUND: Göttingen Minipigs (GMP) is the smallest commercially available minipig breed under a controlled breeding scheme and is globally bred in five isolated colonies. The genetic isolation harbors the risk of stratification which might compromise the identity of the breed and its usability as an animal model for biomedical and human disease. We conducted whole genome re-sequencing of two DNA-pools per...
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