Article
Detection of selection signatures of population-specific genomic regions selected during domestication process in Jinhua pigs.
Animal genetics - 1 Dec 2016
Li Zhengcao, Chen Jiucheng, Wang Zhen, Pan Yuchun, Wang Qishan, Xu Ningying, Wang Zhengguang
Abstract excerpt
Chinese pigs have been undergoing both natural and artificial selection for thousands of years. Jinhua pigs are of great importance, as they can be a valuable model for exploring the genetic mechanisms linked to meat quality and other traits such as disease resistance, reproduction and production. The purpose of this study was to identify distinctive footprints of selection between Jinhua pigs and other breeds...
Topics
- Animals
- Breeding
- Domestication
- Female
- Genetics, Population
- Genotype
- Haplotypes
- Homozygote
- Male
- Meat
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide