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Assignment of the SLA alleles and reproductive potential of selective breeding Duroc pig lines.
Xenotransplantation - 1 Jan 2000
Soe Ok Kar, Ohba Yasunori, Imaeda Noriaki, Nishii Naohito, Takasu Masaki, Yoshioka Gou, Kawata Hisako, Shigenari Atsuko, Uenishi Hirohide, Inoko Hidetoshi, Ando Asako, Kitagawa Hitoshi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pigs with defined swine leukocyte antigen (SLA) haplotypes and their detailed information are useful for transplantation and immunological studies. We developed two herds of SLA homozygous Duroc pigs with novel SLA haplotypes and characterized their reproductive potential. METHODS: For selective inbreeding, a pair of Duroc pigs was chosen as initial breeders, and substantial breeding within progenies...
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