Genome-wide association scan and phased haplotype construction for quantitative trait loci affecting boar taint in three pig breeds

BMC Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Gregersen, Vivi R ^a   Conley, Lene N ^a   Sørensen, Kirsten K ^a   Guldbrandtsen, Bernt ^a   Velander, Ingela H ^b   Bendixen, Christian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Pig Research Centre   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTERONE; INDOLE; SKATOLE;

ARTICLE; BOAR (MALE PIG); CHROMOSOME 1; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYB5A GENE; CYP21A2 GENE; CYP2E1 GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; LOC100518755 GENE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SRD5A2 GENE; SULT1A1 GENE; ANIMAL; BREEDING; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; MEAT; STANDARD; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HAPLOTYPES; MALE; MEAT; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SWINE;

EID: 84855743824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-22     Document Type: Article

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