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Mapping quantitative trait loci for metabolic and cytological fatness traits of connected F2 crosses in pigs.
Journal of animal science - 1 Feb 2012
Rückert C, Stratz P, Preuss S, Bennewitz J
Abstract excerpt
In the present study 3 connected F(2) crosses were used to map QTL for classical fat traits as well as fat-related metabolic and cytological traits in pigs. The founder breeds were Chinese Meishan, European Wild Boar, and Pietrain with to some extent the same founder animals in the different crosses. The different selection history of the breeds for fatness traits as well as the connectedness of the crosses led...
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