Inbreeding and runs of homozygosity: A possible solution to an old problem

Livestock Science

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-34

  Curik, Ino ^a   Ferenčaković, Maja ^a   Sölkner, Johann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Autozygosity; Genomic inbreeding coefficients; Individual heterozygosity; Livestock populations; Runs of homozygosity

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; SUS;

EID: 84905472500     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2014.05.034     Document Type: Article

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