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Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) Identify QTL on SSC2 and SSC17 Affecting Loin Peak Shear Force in Crossbred Commercial Pigs.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Zhang Chunyan, Bruce Heather, Yang Tianfu, Charagu Patrick, Kemp Robert Alan, Boddicker Nicholas, Miar Younes, Wang Zhiquan, Plastow Graham
Abstract excerpt
Of all the meat quality traits, tenderness is considered the most important with regard to eating quality and market value. In this study we have utilised genome wide association studies (GWAS) for peak shear force (PSF) of loin muscle as a measure of tenderness for 1,976 crossbred commercial pigs, genotyped for 42,721 informative SNPs using the Illumina PorcineSNP60 Beadchip. Four 1 Mb genomic regions, three on...
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