Article
Quantitative trait loci variation for growth and obesity between and within lines of pigs (Sus scrofa).
Genetics - 1 Jun 2003
Nagamine Yoshitaka, Haley Chris S, Sewalem Asheber, Visscher Peter M
Abstract excerpt
The hypothesis that quantitative trait loci (QTL) that explain variation between divergent populations also account for genetic variation within populations was tested using pig populations. Two regions of the porcine genome that had previously been reported to harbor QTL with allelic effects that differed between the modern pig and its wild-type ancestor and between the modern pig and a more distantly related...
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