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Association and haplotype analysis of candidate genes in five genomic regions linked to sow maternal infanticide in a white Duroc × Erhualian resource population.
BMC genetics - 9 Feb 2011
Chen Congying, Yang Zhuqing, Li Yanying, Wei Na, Li Pinghua, Guo Yuanmei, Ren Jun, Ding Nengshui, Huang Lusheng
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Maternal infanticide is an extreme and failed maternal behavior, which is defined as an active attack on piglets using the jaws, resulting in serious or fatal bite wounds. It brings big economic loss to the pig industry and severe problems to piglets' welfare. But little is known about the genetic background of this behavior. Quantitative trait loci (QTL) for maternal infanticide were identified in a...
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