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A bi-dimensional genome scan for prolificacy traits in pigs shows the existence of multiple epistatic QTL

BACKGROUND: Prolificacy is the most important trait influencing the reproductive efficiency of pig production systems. The low heritability and sex-limited expression of prolificacy have hindered to some extent the improvement of this trait through artificial selection. Moreover, the relative contri...

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Autores principales: Noguera, José L, Rodríguez, Carmen, Varona, Luis, Tomàs, Anna, Muñoz, Gloria, Ramírez, Oscar, Barragán, Carmen, Arqué, Meritxell, Bidanel, Jean P, Amills, Marcel, Ovilo, Cristina, Sánchez, Armand
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2812473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20040109
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-10-636