A genome-wide association study in large white and landrace pig populations for number piglets born alive

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Bergfelder Drüing, Sarah ^a   Grosse Brinkhaus, Christine ^a   Lind, Bianca ^b   Erbe, Malena ^c   Schellander, Karl ^a   Simianer, Henner ^c   Tholen, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Biotechnology Research (FBF)   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HERITABILITY; LANDRACE PIG; LITTER SIZE; LIVE BIRTH; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; PIGLET; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SWITZERLAND; YORKSHIRE PIG; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; PIG; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; LITTER SIZE; LIVE BIRTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84925017962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117468     Document Type: Article

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