Genomic analyses provide insights into breed-of-origin effects from purebreds on three-way crossbred pigs
Crossbreeding is widely used aimed at improving crossbred performance for poultry and livestock. Alleles that are specific to different purebreds will yield a large number of heterozygous single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in crossbred individuals, which are supposed to have the power to alter g...
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| Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2019-11-01
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/8009.pdf |