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Non-additive effects of RBP4, ESR1 and IGF2 polymorphisms on litter size at different parities in a Chinese-European porcine line.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 25 Jun 2010
Muñoz María, Fernández Ana Isabel, Ovilo Cristina, Muñoz Gloria, Rodriguez Carmen, Fernández Almudena, Alves Estefânia, Silió Luis
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The aim of this work was to study the effects on litter size of variants of the porcine genes RBP4, ESR1 and IGF2, currently used in genetic tests for different purposes. Moreover, we investigated a possible effect of the interaction between RBP4-MspI and ESR1-PvuII polymorphisms. The IGF2-intron3-G3072A polymorphism is actually used to select lean growth, but other possible effects of this...
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