Novel methods for genotype imputation to whole-genome sequence and a simple linear model to predict imputation accuracy

Abstract Background Accurate imputation plays a major role in genomic studies of livestock industries, where the number of genotyped or sequenced animals is limited by costs. This study explored methods to create an ideal reference population for imputation to Next Generation Sequencing data in catt...

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Main Authors: Steven G. Larmer, Mehdi Sargolzaei, Luiz F. Brito, Ricardo V. Ventura, Flávio S. Schenkel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Genetics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12863-017-0588-1