Improving the Accuracy of Whole Genome Prediction for Complex Traits Using the Results of Genome Wide Association Studies

Zhe Zhang; Ulrike Ober; Malena Erbe; Hao Zhang; Ning Gao; Jinlong He; Jiaqi Li; Henner Simianer

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093017

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Improving the Accuracy of Whole Genome Prediction for Complex Traits Using the Results of Genome Wide Association Studies

Zhe Zhang,

Affiliations National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China, Department for Animal Sciences, Animal Breeding and Genetics Group, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Ulrike Ober,

Affiliation Department for Animal Sciences, Animal Breeding and Genetics Group, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Malena Erbe,

Affiliation Department for Animal Sciences, Animal Breeding and Genetics Group, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Hao Zhang,

Affiliation National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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Ning Gao,

Affiliation National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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Jinlong He,

Affiliation National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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Jiaqi Li ,

* E-mail: hsimian@gwdg.de (HS); jqli@scau.edu.cn (JL)

Affiliation National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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Henner Simianer

* E-mail: hsimian@gwdg.de (HS); jqli@scau.edu.cn (JL)

Affiliation Department for Animal Sciences, Animal Breeding and Genetics Group, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Improving the Accuracy of Whole Genome Prediction for Complex Traits Using the Results of Genome Wide Association Studies

Zhe Zhang,
Ulrike Ober,
Malena Erbe,
Hao Zhang,
Ning Gao,
Jinlong He,
Jiaqi Li,
Henner Simianer

Published: March 24, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093017

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