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QTL for microstructural and biophysical muscle properties and body composition in pigs.
BMC genetics - 9 Mar 2006
Wimmers Klaus, Fiedler Ilse, Hardge Torsten, Murani Eduard, Schellander Karl, Ponsuksili Siriluck
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BACKGROUND: The proportion of muscle fibre types and their size affect muscularity as well as functional properties of the musculature and meat quality. We aimed to identify QTL for microstructural muscle properties including muscle fibre size, their numbers and fibre type proportions as well as biophysical parameters of meat quality and traits related to body composition, i.e. pH, conductivity, area of M....
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