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Weighted Single-Step GWAS for Body Mass Index and Scans for Recent Signatures of Selection in Yorkshire Pigs.
The Journal of heredity - 9 Jul 2022
Vahedi Seyed Milad, Salek Ardestani Siavash, Karimi Karim, Banabazi Mohammad Hossein
Abstract excerpt
Controlling extra fat deposition is economically favorable in modern swine industry. Understanding the genetic architecture of fat deposition traits such as body mass index (BMI) can help in improving genomic selection for such traits. We utilized a weighted single-step genome-wide association study (WssGWAS) to detect genetic regions and candidate genes associated with BMI in a Yorkshire pig population. Three...
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