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The MMP2 gene may be associated with longissimus dorsi muscle area in the pig (Sus scrofa).
Journal of applied genetics - 1 Jan 2009
Onteru S K, Fan B, Rothschild M F
Abstract excerpt
The matrix metalloproteinase-2 gene (MMP2) was found to be associated with hip structure in pigs. Recently three quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for loin muscle area were found on chromosome 6, to which MMP2 was mapped. In the present study, association analyses were conducted in two pig populatio...
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