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Genome-wide association analyses for fatty acid composition in porcine muscle and abdominal fat tissues.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Yang Bin, Zhang Wanchang, Zhang Zhiyan, Fan Yin, Xie Xianhua, Ai Huashui, Ma Junwu, Xiao Shijun, Huang Lusheng, Ren Jun
Abstract excerpt
Fatty acid composition is an important phenotypic trait in pigs as it affects nutritional, technical and sensory quality of pork. Here, we reported a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for fatty acid composition in the longissimus muscle and abdominal fat tissues of 591 White Duroc×Erhualian F2 animals and in muscle samples of 282 Chinese Sutai pigs. A total of 46 loci surpassing the suggestive significance...
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