Empirical Selection of Informative Microsatellite Markers within Co-ancestry Pig Populations Is Required for Improving the Individual Assignment Efficiency

The Lanyu is a miniature pig breed indigenous to Lanyu Island, Taiwan. It is distantly related to Asian and European pig breeds. It has been inbred to generate two breeds and crossed with Landrace and Duroc to produce two hybrids for laboratory use. Selecting sets of informative genetic markers to t...

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Main Authors: Y. H. Li, H. P. Chu, Y. N. Jiang, C. Y. Lin, S. H. Li, K. T. Li, G. J. Weng, C. C. Cheng, D. J. Lu, Y. T. Ju
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 2014-05-01
Series:Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.ajas.info/upload/pdf/ajas-27-5-616-2.pdf