A genome scan reveals QTL for growth, fatness, leanness and meat quality in a Duroc-Pietrain resource population

Animal Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 241-252

  Liu, G ^a,b   Jennen, D G J ^a   Tholen, E ^a   Juengst, H ^a   Kleinwachter T ^a   Holker M ^a   Tesfaye, D ^a   Un G ^a   Schreinemachers, H J ^a   Murani, E ^c   Ponsuksili, S ^c   Kim, J J ^b   Schellander, K ^a   Wimmers, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pork quality; Production traits; Quantitative trait loci; Resource population

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENOMICS; MEAT; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SUS SCROFA;

SUIDAE;

EID: 34249804774     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2007.01592.x     Document Type: Article

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