Validation of the QTL on SSC4 for meat and carcass quality traits in a commercial crossbred pig population

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-51

  Slawinska A ^a   Siwek, M ^a   Knol, E F ^b   Roelofs Prins, D T ^b   Van Wijk, H J ^b   Dibbits, B ^c   Bednarczyk, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b Institute for Pig Genetics BV IPG   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Meat quality; Pig; QTL; Validation

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; GENETICS; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; MEAT; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUS SCROFA;

SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 58849090151     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: 14390388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2008.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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