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Evaluation of the causality of the low-density lipoprotein receptor gene (LDLR) for serum lipids in pigs.
Animal genetics - 1 Oct 2014
Zeng Z, Chen R, Liu C, Yang H, Chen C, Huang L
Abstract excerpt
A significant quantitative trait locus (QTL) for low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and total cholesterol (TC) was identified around the LDLR gene on chromosome 2 (SSC2) in a White Duroc × Erhualian F2 resource population and Sutai pigs in our previous study. However, in previous reports, the causality of LDLR with serum lipids is controversial in pigs. To systematically assess the causality of LDLR with...
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