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Table 1 PLINK parameters for run of homozygosity (ROH) analysis

From: Identification of selection signatures involved in performance traits in a paternal broiler line

Parameter

Value

Definition

-homozyg-snp

50

Minimum number of SNP required to consider a ROH;

-homozyg-kb

300

Size (Kb) of the sliding window;

-homozyg-density

50

Minimum density required to consider a ROH;

-homozyg-gap

1000

Maximum size (Kb) between two SNP to be considered in the same ROH;

-homozyg-window-snp

50

Number of SNP present in the sliding window;

-homozyg-window-het

3

Number of heterozygous SNP allowed in a ROH;

-homozyg-window-missing

5

Number of missing calls allowed in a ROH;

-homozyg-window-threshold

0.05

Proportion of overlapping windows that must be called homozygous to define a given SNP as in a homozygous segment.