Association of swine vertnin (VRTN) gene with production traits in Duroc pigs improved using a closed nucleus breeding system

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 213-221

  Hirose, Kensuke ^a   Mikawa, Satoshi ^b   Okumura, Naohiko ^c   Noguchi, Go ^d   Fukawa, Kazuo ^a   Kanaya, Naoe ^c   Mikawa, Ayumi ^c   Arakawa, Aisaku ^b   Ito, Tetsuya ^a   Hayashi, Yoichi ^d   Tachibana, Fumio ^d   Awata, Takashi ^b  

^a Central Research Institute for Feed and Livestock ZEN NOH National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c JATAFF Institute   (Japan)

^d National Federation of Agricultural Co operative Associations   (Japan)

Author keywords

Duroc; Polymorphism; Vertebral number; Vertnin

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SPINE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SPINE; SWINE;

EID: 84875045246     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2012.01066.x     Document Type: Article

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