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On the relationship between an Asian haplotype on chromosome 6 that reduces androstenone levels in boars and the differential expression of SULT2A1 in the testis.
BMC genetics - 9 Jan 2014
Hidalgo André M, Bastiaansen John W M, Harlizius Barbara, Megens Hendrik-Jan, Madsen Ole, Crooijmans Richard P M A, Groenen Martien A M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Androstenone is one of the major compounds responsible for boar taint, a pronounced urine-like odor produced when cooking boar meat. Several studies have identified quantitative trait loci (QTL) for androstenone level on Sus scrofa chromosome (SSC) 6. For one of the candidate genes in the region SULT2A1, a difference in expression levels in the testis has been shown at the protein and RNA level....
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