A genome wide association study for backfat thickness in Italian Large White pigs highlights new regions affecting fat deposition including neuronal genes

BMC Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Fontanesi, Luca ^a   Schiavo, Giuseppina ^a   Galimberti, Giuliano ^a   Calò, Daniela G ^a   Scotti, Emilio ^a   Martelli, Pier L ^a   Buttazzoni, Luca ^b   Casadio, Rita ^a   Russo, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Backfat; Fatness; GWA; Heavy pig; Obesity

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; FAT; GENETIC MARKER;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BACKFAT THICKNESS; BIOINFORMATICS; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME 9; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE POOL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOTYPE; INTRON; ITALY; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURONAL GENE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWINE; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOME; MEAT; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL;

MAMMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE; SUS;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CHROMOSOMES; FATS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; INTRONS; ITALY; MEAT; NEURONS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84868694063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-583     Document Type: Article

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