Essays about: "PLINK"

Found 2 essays containing the word PLINK.

  1. 1. Estimating Variant Intolerance for Genes of Cattle

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    Author : Simon Lanigan; [2024]
    Keywords : Genes; Cattle;

    Abstract : Cattle play a crucial role in providing nutrition and economic stability worldwide. Threats to their health, particularly infectious diseases, and genetic mutations, can have profound implications for both animal and human livelihoods. READ MORE

  3. 2. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in northeast European wolves (Canis lupus)

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    Author : Federico Javier Fröstl; [2012]
    Keywords : PLINK; runs of homozygosity; heterozygosity; allele contribution; Canis lupus;

    Abstract : In the 1960s, the gray wolf was extinct as a breeding population in Scandinavia. However, in the 1980s a pair was established and started to reproduce in central Sweden. A third wolf, a male, immigrated to Sweden in 1991 contributing to the genetic variation in Scandinavia. READ MORE