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The association of mitochondrial DNA haplotypes and phenotypic traits in pigs.
BMC genetics - 6 Jul 2018
St John Justin C, Tsai Te-Sha
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) is an emerging determiner of phenotypic traits and disease. mtDNA is inherited in a strict maternal fashion from the population of mitochondria present in the egg at fertilisation. Individuals are assigned to mtDNA haplotypes and those with sequences that cluster closely have common origins and their migration patterns can be mapped. Previously, we identified five...
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