Article
Genome-wide association studies for the number of teats and teat asymmetry patterns in Large White pigs.
Animal genetics - 1 Aug 2020
Moscatelli G, Dall'Olio S, Bovo S, Schiavo G, Kazemi H, Ribani A, Zambonelli P, Tinarelli S, Gallo M, Bertolini F, Fontanesi L
Abstract excerpt
The number of teats is a morphological trait that influences the mothering ability of the sows and thus their reproduction performances. In this study, we carried out GWASs for the total number of teats and other 12 related parameters in 821 Italian Large White heavy pigs. All pigs were genotyped with the Illumina PorcineSNP60 BeadChip array. For four investigated parameters (total number of teats, the number of...
Topics
- Animals
- Female
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Genotype
- Italy
- Mammary Glands, Animal
- Phenotype
- Sus scrofa