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Frequency of the Rendement Napole RN- allele in a population of American Hampshire pigs.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jul 2000
Miller K D, Ellis M, McKeith F K, Bidner B S, Meisinger D J
Abstract excerpt
A total of 204 purebred Hampshire pigs were obtained from 23 breeders. These animals were the progeny of 41 sires and 123 dams. A sample of purebred Yorkshire (n = 24) pigs were also used in the study. Animals were classified by glycolytic potential determined on a live-animal longissimus muscle biopsy sample. Hampshire pigs (n = 176) with glycolytic potential greater than 185 micromol/g (x = 238.8 micromol/g; SD...
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