Large scale sequence-based screen for recessive variants allows for identification and monitoring of rare deleterious variants in pigs
Anne Boshove, Martijn F. L. Derks, Claudia A. Sevillano, Marcos S. Lopes, Maren van Son, E.F. Knol, Bert W. Dibbits, B. Harlizius
The paper identifies rare deleterious recessive variants in pigs using a large-scale sequence-based GWAS, revealing significant QTLs for growth rate and backfat thickness.
PLoS Genetics · Jan 10, 2024Peer-reviewedGenomics