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Identification of quantitative trait loci affecting corpora lutea and number of teats in a Meishan x Duroc F2 resource population.
Journal of animal science - 1 Nov 2006
Sato S, Atsuji K, Saito N, Okitsu M, Sato S, Komatsuda A, Mitsuhashi T, Nirasawa K, Hayashi T, Sugimoto Y, Kobayashi E
Abstract excerpt
Understanding of the genetic control of female reproductive performance in pigs would offer the opportunity to utilize natural variation and improve selective breeding programs through marker-assisted selection. The Chinese Meishan is one of the most prolific pig breeds known, farrowing 3 to 5 more viable piglets per litter than Western breeds. This difference in prolificacy is attributed to the Meishan's...
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