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Estimate of inbreeding depression on growth and reproductive traits in a Large White pig population.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 6 Jul 2022
Zhang Yu, Zhuo Yue, Ning Chao, Zhou Lei, Liu Jian-Feng
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With the broad application of genomic information, SNP-based measures of estimating inbreeding have been widely used in animal breeding, especially based on runs of homozygosity. Inbreeding depression is better estimated by SNP-based inbreeding coefficients than pedigree-based inbreeding in general. However, there are few comprehensive comparisons of multiple methods in pigs so far, to some extent limiting their...
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