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A C/T mutation in microRNA target sites in BMP5 gene is potentially associated with fatness in pigs.
Meat science - 1 Mar 2011
Shao G C, Luo L F, Jiang S W, Deng C Y, Xiong Y Z, Li F E
Abstract excerpt
Bone morphogenetic protein 5 (BMP5) gene was suggested to be a potential positional candidate gene for fatness trait QTLs on SSC7. Here by comparative sequencing of BMP5 gene in Meishan (MS) and Large White (LW) pigs, one SNP *131C>T in 3' un-translated region was detected. Association analysis results in 322 LW×MS F(2) pigs showed that CC pigs had thinner back fatness and heavier ham than TC (P<0.05 or P<0.1),...
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