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Chapter 10 – Strategies, limitations and opportunities for <strong>marker</strong>-<strong>assisted</strong> <strong>selection</strong> <strong>in</strong> livestock 179<strong>in</strong>dividuals that carry one copy of the donorQTL allele but that are similar to the recipientbreed for the rest of the genome. The aim ofthe <strong>in</strong>tercross<strong>in</strong>g phase is to fix the donorallele at the QTL. Marker <strong>in</strong>formation canenhance the effectiveness of the backcross<strong>in</strong>gphase of gene <strong>in</strong>trogression strategies by: (i)identify<strong>in</strong>g carriers of the target gene(s)(foreground <strong>selection</strong>); and (ii) enhanc<strong>in</strong>grecovery of the recipient genetic background(background <strong>selection</strong>). The effectiveness ofthe <strong>in</strong>tercross<strong>in</strong>g phase can also be enhancedthrough foreground <strong>selection</strong> on thetarget gene(s). If the target gene cannot begenotyped directly, carrier <strong>in</strong>dividuals canbe identified based on <strong>marker</strong>s that flankthe QTL at

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