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Association of the porcine transforming growth factor beta type I receptor (TGFBR1) gene with growth and carcass traits.
Animal biotechnology - 1 Jan 2012
Chen Kefei, Hawken Rachel, Flickinger Gail H, Rodriguez-Zas Sandra L, Rund Laurie A, Wheeler Matthew B, Abrahamsen Mitch, Rutherford Mark S, Beever Jonathan E, Schook Lawrence B
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BACKGROUND: Growth and carcass traits are of great economic importance in livestock production. A large number of quantitative trait loci (QTL) have been identified for growth and carcass traits on porcine chromosome one (SSC1). A key positional candidate for this chromosomal region is TGFBR1 (transforming growth factor beta type I receptor). This gene plays a key role in inherited disorders at cardiovascular,...
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