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Genome-wide association study using deregressed breeding values for cryptorchidism and scrotal/inguinal hernia in two pig lines.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 21 Mar 2015
Sevillano Claudia A, Lopes Marcos S, Harlizius Barbara, Hanenberg Egiel H A T, Knol Egbert F, Bastiaansen John W M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cryptorchidism and scrotal/inguinal hernia are the most frequent congenital defects in pigs. Identification of genomic regions that control these congenital defects is of great interest to breeding programs, both from an animal welfare point of view as well as for economic reasons. The aim of this genome-wide association study (GWAS) was to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are...
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