期刊论文

Wu, Xiao-Lin

英文

PLOS ONE

1932-6203

2020

15

8

e0236629

10.1371/journal.pone.0236629

Key Projects of Scientific Research Plan of Hunan Province [2018NK2081]; Key Projects of Changsha City [kq1801014]; Hundred-Talent Plan of Hunan Province, China [XZ2016-08]; Hunan Co-Innovation Center of Animal Production Safety, China; Foundation of China Scholarship CouncilChina Scholarship Council; Neogen Corporation

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An important economic reason for the loss of local breeds is that they tend to be less productive, and hence having less market value than commercial breeds. Nevertheless, local breeds often have irreplaceable values, genetically and sociologically. In the breeding programs with local breeds, it is crucial to balance the selection for genetic gain and the maintaining of genetic diversity. These two objectives are often conflicting, and finding the optimal point of the trade-off has been a challenge for breeders. Genomic selection (GS) provides a revolutionary tool for the genetic improvement o...