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Rare and population-specific functional variation across pig lines.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 3 Jun 2022
Ros-Freixedes Roger, Valente Bruno D, Chen Ching-Yi, Herring William O, Gorjanc Gregor, Hickey John M, Johnsson Martin
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BACKGROUND: It is expected that functional, mainly missense and loss-of-function (LOF), and regulatory variants are responsible for most phenotypic differences between breeds and genetic lines of livestock species that have undergone diverse selection histories. However, there is still limited knowledge about the existing missense and LOF variation in commercial livestock populations, in particular regarding...
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