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QTL mapping for teat number in an Iberian-by-Meishan pig intercross.
Animal genetics - 1 Dec 2005
Rodríguez C, Tomás A, Alves E, Ramirez O, Arqué M, Muñoz G, Barragán C, Varona L, Silió L, Amills M, Noguera J L
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to investigate chromosomal regions affecting the number of teats in pigs and possible epistatic interactions between the identified quantitative trait loci (QTL). An experimental F2 cross between Iberian and Chinese Meishan lines was used for this purpose. A genomic scan was conducted with 117 markers covering the 18 porcine autosomes. Linkage analyses were performed by interval mapping...
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