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Identification of carcass and meat quality quantitative trait loci in a Landrace pig population selected for growth and leanness.
Journal of animal science - 1 Feb 2005
Vidal O, Noguera J L, Amills M, Varona L, Gil M, Jiménez N, Dávalos G, Folch J M, Sánchez A
Abstract excerpt
The identification of QTL related to production traits that are relevant for the pig industry has been mostly performed by using divergent crosses. The main objective of the current study was to investigate whether these growth, fatness, and meat quality QTL, previously described in diverse experimental populations, were segregating in a Landrace commercial population selected for litter size, backfat thickness,...
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