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Joint effects of porcine leptin and leptin receptor polymorphisms on productivity and quality traits.
Animal genetics - 1 Dec 2012
Pérez-Montarelo D, Fernández A, Folch J M, Pena R N, Ovilo C, Rodríguez C, Silió L, Fernández A I
Abstract excerpt
Leptin signalling plays a fundamental role in growth, fatness and body composition. The aim of this study was to investigate the porcine LEP gene sequence in an Iberian × Landrace experimental cross to identify polymorphisms associated with productivity and quality traits. Because of the documented effects on these traits of the LEPR c.1987C>T polymorphism, the LEP and LEPR c.1987C>T polymorphisms and their...
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