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Quantitative trait loci for leg weakness traits in a Landrace purebred population.
Animal science journal = Nihon chikusan Gakkaiho - 1 Feb 2010
Uemoto Yoshinobu, Sato Shuji, Ohnishi Chika, Hirose Kensuke, Kameyama Kenji, Fukawa Kazuo, Kudo Osamu, Kobayashi Eiji
Abstract excerpt
Leg weakness in pigs is a serious problem in the pig industry. We performed a whole genome quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis to find QTLs affecting leg weakness traits in the Landrace population. Half-sib progeny (n = 522) with five sires were measured for leg weakness traits. Whole genome...
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