A genome-wide low pass approach in pigs intercrosses

Low pass sequencing represents an alternative to the use of SNP arrays to characterize the haplotypic diversity in populations. We propose to evaluate this strategy in the pig species, in an experimental protocol including F2 crosses between individuals of the Large White (LW) and Meishan (MS) breeds. It involves around 1,000 individuals, including 12 F0 (6 LW and 6 MS), 26 F1 (6 males and 20 females) and 1018 F2.