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Genome-wide linkage analysis of QTL for growth and body composition employing the PorcineSNP60 BeadChip.
BMC genetics - 20 May 2012
Fernández Ana I, Pérez-Montarelo Dafne, Barragán Carmen, Ramayo-Caldas Yuliaxis, Ibáñez-Escriche Noelia, Castelló Anna, Noguera Jose Luis, Silió Luis, Folch Josep María, Rodríguez M Carmen
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The traditional strategy to map QTL is to use linkage analysis employing a limited number of markers. These analyses report wide QTL confidence intervals, making very difficult to identify the gene and polymorphisms underlying the QTL effects. The arrival of genome-wide panels of SNPs makes available thousands of markers increasing the information content and therefore the likelihood of detecting and...
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