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Genetic variation of the porcine NR5A1 is associated with meat color.
Journal of applied genetics - 1 Feb 2016
Görres Andreas, Ponsuksili Siriluck, Wimmers Klaus, Muráni Eduard
Abstract excerpt
Because of the central role of Steroidogenic factor 1 in the regulation of the development and function of steroidogenic tissues, including the adrenal gland, we chose the encoding gene NR5A1 as a candidate for stress response, meat quality and carcass composition in the domestic pig. To identify polymorphisms of the porcine NR5A1 we comparatively sequenced the coding, untranslated and regulatory regions in four...
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