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Mapping quantitative trait loci affecting female reproductive traits on porcine chromosome 8.
Biology of reproduction - 1 Jun 2003
King Annemarie H, Jiang Zhihua, Gibson John P, Haley Chris S, Archibald Alan L
Abstract excerpt
An understanding of the genetic control of porcine female reproductive performance would offer the opportunity to utilize natural variation and improve selective breeding programs through marker-assisted selection. The Chinese Meishan is one of the most prolific pig breeds known, farrowing three to five more viable piglets per litter than the European Large White breed. This difference in prolificacy is...
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