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The distal end of porcine chromosome 6p is involved in the regulation of skatole levels in boars.
BMC genetics - 20 Apr 2011
Ramos António M, Duijvesteijn Naomi, Knol Egbert F, Merks Jan W M, Bovenhuis Henk, Crooijmans Richard P M A, Groenen Martien A M, Harlizius Barbara
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BACKGROUND: Boar taint is an unpleasant condition of pork, mainly due to the accumulation of androstenone and skatole in male pigs at onset of puberty. This condition is the cause of considerable economic losses in the pig industry and the most common practice to control it is to castrate male piglets. Because of the economic and animal welfare concerns there is interest in developing genetic markers that could...
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