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Effect of MYOG genotypes on growth rate and production traits in Hungarian large white pigs.
Acta veterinaria Hungarica - 1 Sept 2006
Anton I, Zsolnai A, Komlósi I, Király A, Fésüs L
Abstract excerpt
The effect of the porcine myogenin (Myog) 3' polymorphism on birth weight, growth rate, carcass weight, lean weight, lean meat percentage and back-fat thickness has been investigated in Hungarian Large White pigs. MYOG genotypes were determined by PCR-RFLP assay. The obtained MYOGA frequency value was 0.6275. Due to the small number of BB piglets the effect of the MYOG genotypes on birth weight was not...
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