An embryo transfer study of reciprocal cross differences in growth and carcass traits of Duroc and Landrace pigs.

doi:10.2527/1992.7082349x

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An embryo transfer study of reciprocal cross differences in growth and carcass traits of Duroc and Landrace pigs.

Journal of animal science - 1 Aug 1992

Wilken T M, Lo L L, McLaren D G, Fernando R L, Dziuk P J

Abstract excerpt

Reciprocal cross differences have been reported for growth rate and carcass traits in F1 pigs with the Duroc (D) as a parent breed. Such differences are synonymous with maternal effects if effects of sex linkage and genomic imprinting are negligible. In the present study, transfer of embryos (ET)...

Topics

Adipose Tissue
Animals
Body Composition
Crosses, Genetic
Embryo Transfer
Female
Genotype
Least-Squares Analysis
Litter Size
Male
Meat
Muscle Development
Pregnancy
Probability
Swine

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