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Analysis of properdin (BF) genotypes associated with litter size in a commercial pig cross population.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Aug 2005
Buske B, Brunsch C, Zeller K, Reinecke P, Brockmann G
Abstract excerpt
Properdin (BF) was investigated as a candidate gene influencing litter size in a commercial pig cross population. The BF gene was chosen because of its integral role in influencing uterine epithelium growth and because several quantitative trait loci (QTL) with impact on reproductive traits have been detected near the centromere of porcine chromosome 7. A total of 123 F2 (Large White x Landrace) x Leicoma sows...
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