Analysis of the genetics of boar taint reveals both single SNPs and regional effects

BMC Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Rowe, Suzanne J ^a,g   Karacaören, Burak ^a,b   de Koning, Dirk Jan ^a,c   Lukic, Boris ^d   Hastings Clark, Nicola ^a   Velander, Ingela ^e   Haley, Chris S ^a,f   Archibald, Alan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^e Danish Agriculture and Food Council   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Androstenone; Boar taint; Genome wide association; Regional heritability; Skatole

Indexed keywords

DNA; ANDROST-16-EN-3-ONE; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; SKATOLE;

ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; BOAR TAINT; BODY FLUIDS AND SECRETIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP2E1 GENE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; NONHUMAN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWINE; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME; FAT BODY; GENETICS; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; ODOR; ORCHIECTOMY; PHENOTYPE;

SUIDAE;

ANDROSTENES; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP2E1; FAT BODY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MALE; MEAT; ODORS; ORCHIECTOMY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SKATOLE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84902344596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-424     Document Type: Article

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