Runs of homozygosity and population history in cattle

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Runs of homozygosity (ROH) are contiguous lengths of homozygous genotypes that are present in an individual due to parents transmitting identical haplotypes to their offspring. The extent and frequency of ROHs may inform on the ances...

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Main Authors: Purfield Deirdre C, Berry Donagh P, McParland Sinead, Bradley Daniel G
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-08-01
Series:BMC Genetics
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/13/70