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Mapping QTL for porcine muscle fibre traits in a White Duroc x Erhualian F(2) resource population.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Dec 2009
Li W B, Ren J, Zhu W C, Guo B L, Yang B, Liu L T, Ding N S, Ma J W, Li L, Huang L S
Abstract excerpt
Muscle fibre traits are related with meat quality in meat animals. In this study, a whole-genome scan with 183 microsatellite markers covering the pig genome was performed to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) for cross-sectional area, numerical percentage and relative area of type I, IIA and IIB myofibres, fibre number per square centimetre and total fibre number in the longissimus muscle by using 120 F(2)...
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