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Fine-mapping of a QTL influencing pork tenderness on porcine chromosome 2.
BMC genetics - 12 Oct 2007
Meyers Stacey N, Rodriguez-Zas Sandra L, Beever Jonathan E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In a previous study, a quantitative trait locus (QTL) exhibiting large effects on both Instron shear force and taste panel tenderness was detected within the Illinois Meat Quality Pedigree (IMQP). This QTL mapped to the q arm of porcine chromosome 2 (SSC2q). Comparative analysis of SSC2q indicates that it is orthologous to a segment of human chromosome 5 (HSA5) containing a strong positional candidate...
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