Effects of heterozygosity on performance of purebred and crossbred pigs

Table 4 Mean and standard deviation (SD) of heterozygosity for each population

Dataset	Population	Mean^a	SD
1	Norwegian Landrace	0.322	0.016
2	Dutch Landrace	0.358	0.024
2	Dutch Large White	0.362	0.017
2	F1-cross^b	0.426	0.011
3	Synthetic breed^c	0.355	0.024

^aMean of the proportion of heterozygous markers (per individual) in the population
^bF1 cross of Dutch Landrace and Dutch Large White
^cThe synthetic line is a sire line made of two synthetic sire lines of different genetic origins that have been under selection independently from each other. The dataset contains both animals of the two original lines, their F1 and a backcross (Line 1 × F1)

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