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Genome-wide association study reveals novel loci for litter size and its variability in a Large White pig population.
BMC genomics - 9 Dec 2015
Sell-Kubiak E, Duijvesteijn N, Lopes M S, Janss L L G, Knol E F, Bijma P, Mulder H A
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BACKGROUND: In many traits, not only individual trait levels are under genetic control, but also the variation around that level. In other words, genotypes do not only differ in mean, but also in (residual) variation around the genotypic mean. New statistical methods facilitate gaining knowledge on the genetic architecture of complex traits such as phenotypic variability. Here we study litter size (total number...
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