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Identifying the unique characteristics of the Chinese indigenous pig breeds in the Yangtze River Delta region for precise conservation.
BMC genomics - 2 Mar 2021
Zhao Qing-Bo, Oyelami Favour Oluwapelumi, Qadri Qamar Raza, Sun Hao, Xu Zhong, Wang Qi-Shan, Pan Yu-Chun
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: China is the country with the most abundant swine genetic resources in the world. Through thousands of years of domestication and natural selection, most of pigs in China have developed unique genetic characteristics. Finding the unique genetic characteristics and modules of each breed is an essential part of their precise conservation. RESULTS: In this study, we used the partial least squares method...
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