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Genomic prediction of crossbred performance based on purebred Landrace and Yorkshire data using a dominance model

BACKGROUND: In pig breeding, selection is usually carried out in purebred populations, although the final goal is to improve crossbred performance. Genomic selection can be used to select purebred parental lines for crossbred performance. Dominance is the likely genetic basis of heterosis and explic...

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Autores principales: Esfandyari, Hadi, Bijma, Piter, Henryon, Mark, Christensen, Ole Fredslund, Sørensen, Anders Christian
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/PMC4899891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27276993
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-016-0220-2

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