Article
Genomic regions associated with kyphosis in swine.
BMC genetics - 21 Dec 2010
Lindholm-Perry Amanda K, Rohrer Gary A, Kuehn Larry A, Keele John W, Holl Justin W, Shackelford Steven D, Wheeler Tommy L, Nonneman Dan J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A back curvature defect similar to kyphosis in humans has been observed in swine herds. The defect ranges from mild to severe curvature of the thoracic vertebrate in split carcasses and has an estimated heritability of 0.3. The objective of this study was to identify genomic regions t...
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