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Genetic mapping of quantitative trait loci for growth and fatness in pigs.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 25 Mar 1994
Andersson L, Haley C S, Ellegren H, Knott S A, Johansson M, Andersson K, Andersson-Eklund L, Edfors-Lilja I, Fredholm M, Hansson I
Abstract excerpt
The European wild boar was crossed with the domesticated Large White pig to genetically dissect phenotypic differences between these populations for growth and fat deposition. The most important effects were clustered on chromosome 4, with a single region accounting for a large part of the breed difference in growth rate, fatness, and length of the small intestine. The study is an advance in genome analyses and...
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