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A genome-wide association study on androstenone levels in pigs reveals a cluster of candidate genes on chromosome 6
BACKGROUND: In many countries, male piglets are castrated shortly after birth because a proportion of un-castrated male pigs produce meat with an unpleasant flavour and odour. Main compounds of boar taint are androstenone and skatole. The aim of this high-density genome-wide association study was to...
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BioMed Central
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2889844/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20487517 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-11-42 |