Article
Quantitative trait locus mapping for meat quality traits in an Iberian x Landrace F2 pig population.
Journal of animal science - 1 Nov 2002
Ovilo C, Clop A, Noguera J L, Oliver M A, Barragán C, Rodriguez C, Silió L, Toro M A, Coll A, Folch J M, Sánchez A, Babot D, Varona L, Pérez-Enciso M
Abstract excerpt
An experimental F2 cross between Iberian and Landrace pig strains was performed to map quantitative trait loci (QTL) for diverse productive traits. Here we report results for meat quality traits from 369 F2 animals with records for pH 24 h postmortem (pH 24 h), muscle color Minolta measurements L* (lightness), a* (redness), and b* (yellowness), H* (hue angle), C* (chroma), intramuscular fat (IMF) and haematin...
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