Revealing genetic relationships between compounds affecting boar taint and reproduction in pigs.

doi:10.2527/jas.2010-3290

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Revealing genetic relationships between compounds affecting boar taint and reproduction in pigs.

Journal of animal science - 1 Mar 2011

Grindflek E, Meuwissen T H E, Aasmundstad T, Hamland H, Hansen M H S, Nome T, Kent M, Torjesen P, Lien S

Abstract excerpt

Boar taint is characterized by an unpleasant taste or odor in intact male pigs and is primarily attributed to increased concentrations of androstenone and skatole and to a lesser extent by increased indole. The boar taint compounds skatole and indole are produced by gut bacteria, metabolized in the liver, and stored in the fat tissue. Androstenone, on the other hand, is synthesized in the testis along with...

Topics

Androgens
Animals
Genetic Linkage
Genome
Indoles
Male
Meat
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
Quantitative Trait Loci
Reproduction
Skatole
Swine

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PMID: 21346135
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-3290

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