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Genome-wide association study identifies Loci for body composition and structural soundness traits in pigs.
PloS one - 24 Feb 2011
Fan Bin, Onteru Suneel K, Du Zhi-Qiang, Garrick Dorian J, Stalder Kenneth J, Rothschild Max F
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BACKGROUND: The recent completion of the swine genome sequencing project and development of a high density porcine SNP array has made genome-wide association (GWA) studies feasible in pigs. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Using Illumina's PorcineSNP60 BeadChip, we performed a pilot GWA study in 820 commercial female pigs phenotyped for backfat, loin muscle area, body conformation in addition to feet and leg (FL)...
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