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Genome wide analysis reveals single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with fatness and putative novel copy number variants in three pig breeds.
BMC genomics - 13 Nov 2013
Fowler Katie E, Pong-Wong Ricardo, Bauer Julien, Clemente Emily J, Reitter Christopher P, Affara Nabeel A, Waite Stephen, Walling Grant A, Griffin Darren K
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BACKGROUND: Obesity, excess fat tissue in the body, can underlie a variety of medical complaints including heart disease, stroke and cancer. The pig is an excellent model organism for the study of various human disorders, including obesity, as well as being the foremost agricultural species. In order to identify genetic variants associated with fatness, we used a selective genomic approach sampling DNA from...
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