Effects of heterozygosity on performance of purebred and crossbred pigs

BACKGROUND: In pigs, crossbreeding aims at exploiting heterosis, but heterosis is difficult to quantify. Heterozygosity at genetic markers is easier to measure and could potentially be used as an indicator of heterosis. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of heterozygosity on v...

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Autores principales: Iversen, Maja Winther, Nordbø, Øyvind, Gjerlaug-Enger, Eli, Grindflek, Eli, Lopes, Marcos Soares, Meuwissen, Theo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6396501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30819106
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-019-0450-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6396501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30819106
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-019-0450-1

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