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QTL detection and allelic effects for growth and fat traits in outbred pig populations.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 1 Jan 2000
Nagamine Yoshitaka, Visscher Peter M, Haley Chris S
Abstract excerpt
Quantitative trait loci (QTL) for growth and fatness traits have previously been identified on chromosomes 4 and 7 in several experimental pig populations. The segregation of these QTL in commercial pigs was studied in a sample of 2713 animals from five different populations. Variance component a...
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