The effects of single and epistatic quantitative trait loci for fatty acid composition in a Meishan × Duroc crossbred population

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3470-3476

  Uemoto, Y ^a   Sato, S ^a   Ohnishi, C ^a   Terai, S ^a   Komatsuda, A ^a   Kobayashi, E ^a  

^a NATIONAL LIVESTOCK BREEDING CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epistatic interaction; Fatty acid composition; Quantitative trait locus; Swine

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MEAT; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; MALE; MEAT; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SUS SCROFA;

SUIDAE;

EID: 70350274628     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-1917     Document Type: Article

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