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Grid search approach to discriminate between old and recent inbreeding using phenotypic, pedigree and genomic information.
BMC genomics - 13 Jul 2021
Sumreddee Pattarapol, Hay El Hamidi, Toghiani Sajjad, Roberts Andrew, Aggrey Samuel E, Rekaya Romdhane
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Although inbreeding caused by the mating of animals related through a recent common ancestor is expected to have more harmful effects on phenotypes than ancient inbreeding (old inbreeding), estimating these effects requires a clear definition of recent (new) and ancient (old) inbreeding. Several methods have been proposed to classify inbreeding using pedigree and genomic data. Unfortunately, these...
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