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Effect of the estrogen receptor locus on reproduction and production traits in four commercial pig lines.
Journal of animal science - 1 Dec 1997
Short T H, Rothschild M F, Southwood O I, McLaren D G, de Vries A, van der Steen H, Eckardt G R, Tuggle C K, Helm J, Vaske D A, Mileham A J, Plastow G S
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the effect of the estrogen receptor (ESR) gene on growth and reproductive traits in four Large White-based commercial pig lines. A total of 9,015 litter records from 4,262 sows genotyped at the ESR locus were analyzed to determine whether ESR influenced total number born (TNB) or...
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