Article
Genome-wide detection of selection signatures in Chinese indigenous Laiwu pigs revealed candidate genes regulating fat deposition in muscle.
BMC genetics - 18 May 2018
Chen Minhui, Wang Jiying, Wang Yanping, Wu Ying, Fu Jinluan, Liu Jian-Feng
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Currently, genome-wide scans for positive selection signatures in commercial breed have been investigated. However, few studies have focused on selection footprints of indigenous breeds. Laiwu pig is an invaluable Chinese indigenous pig breed with extremely high proportion of intramuscular fat (IMF), and an excellent model to detect footprint as the result of natural and artificial selection for fat...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Fat Distribution
- China
- Chromosome Mapping
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Phenotype
- Quantitative Trait Loci
- Receptors, Neuropeptide Y
- Selective Breeding
- Sus scrofa
- Swine