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Oestrogen receptor genotypes and litter size in Hungarian Large White pigs.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Feb 2005
Horogh G, Zsolnai A, Komiósi I, Nyíri A, Anton I, Fésüs L
Abstract excerpt
A total of 869 litter records of 226 Hungarian Large White sows have been analysed to investigate the possible use of the oestrogen receptor gene (ESR) as marker to improve litter size. First, second and later parities have been evaluated separately. Frequencies of A = 0.55 and B = 0.45 have been...
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