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Pedigree and genomic evaluation of pigs using a terminal-cross model

BACKGROUND: In crossbreeding schemes, within-line selection of purebreds is performed mainly to improve the performance of crossbred descendants under field conditions. The genetic correlation between purebred and crossbred performance is an important parameter to be assessed because purebred perfor...

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Autores principales: Tusell, Llibertat, Gilbert, Hélène, Riquet, Juliette, Mercat, Marie-José, Legarra, Andres, Larzul, Catherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4825087/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27056443
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-016-0211-3