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Joint analysis of quantitative trait loci and major-effect causative mutations affecting meat quality and carcass composition traits in pigs.
BMC genetics - 29 Aug 2011
Cherel Pierre, Pires José, Glénisson Jérôme, Milan Denis, Iannuccelli Nathalie, Hérault Frédéric, Damon Marie, Le Roy Pascale
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BACKGROUND: Detection of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) affecting meat quality traits in pigs is crucial for the design of efficient marker-assisted selection programs and to initiate efforts toward the identification of underlying polymorphisms. The RYR1 and PRKAG3 causative mutations, originally identified from major effects on meat characteristics, can be used both as controls for an overall QTL detection...
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