Quantitative trait loci for carcass, internal organ and meat quality traits on porcine chromosomes 16, 17 and 18

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 898-901

  Paixão, Débora M ^a   da Silva Filho, Miguel I ^a   Pereira, Mário S ^a   Lopes, Marcos S ^a   Barbosa, Leandro ^a   Silva Souza, Katiene Régia ^a   Lopes, Paulo S ^a   Guimarães, Simone E F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Divergent crosses; Microsatellite markers; Pig production; QTL mapping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CARCASS; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 18; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MEAT; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIG FARMING; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING;

PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 62549128145     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572008000500016     Document Type: Article

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