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Mapping QTL for fat area ratios and serum leptin concentrations in a Duroc purebred population.
Animal science journal = Nihon chikusan Gakkaiho - 1 Mar 2012
Uemoto Yoshinobu, Soma Yusuke, Sato Shuji, Shibata Tomoya, Kadowaki Hiroshi, Katoh Kazuo, Kobayashi Eiji, Suzuki Keiichi
Abstract excerpt
The reduction of extra subcutaneous, intermuscular and abdominal fat is important to increase the carcass lean percentage of pigs. Image analyses of fat area ratios were effective for estimation of separated fat in pig carcasses. Serum concentrations of leptin are useful as physiological predictors of fat accumulation in pigs. The objectives of the present study were to perform a quantitative trait locus (QTL)...
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