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Identification and validation of a regulatory mutation upstream of the BMP2 gene associated with carcass length in pigs.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 14 Dec 2021
Li Jing, Peng Song, Zhong Liepeng, Zhou Lisheng, Yan Guorong, Xiao Shijun, Ma Junwu, Huang Lusheng
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BACKGROUND: Carcass length is very important for body size and meat production for swine, thus understanding the genetic mechanisms that underly this trait is of great significance in genetic improvement programs for pigs. Although many quantitative trait loci (QTL) have been detected in pigs, very few have been fine-mapped to the level of the causal mutations. The aim of this study was to identify potential...
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