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Role of selection and inbreeding on the incidence of cutaneous malignant melanoma in Sinclair swine.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Jun 2009
Gomez-Raya L, Amoss M S, Da Y, Beattie C W, Ash O, Rauw W M
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This paper reports the quantitative analysis of the historical database of a herd of Sinclair swine affected by cutaneous malignant melanoma. The herd was under partial and non-systematic selection for melanoma susceptibility (animals having at least one tumour during the first 6 weeks of life). Weighted selection differentials for the number of tumours at birth and the number of tumours at 6 weeks were generally...
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