Association between polymorphism in the FTO gene and growth and carcass traits in pig crosses

BACKGROUND: Independent studies have shown that several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in the human FTO (fat mass and obesity associated) gene are associated with obesity. SNP have also been identified in the pig FTO gene, among which some are associated with selected fat-deposition traits in...

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Autores principales: Dvořáková, Věra, Bartenschlager, Heinz, Stratil, Antonín, Horák, Pavel, Stupka, Roman, Čítek, Jaroslav, Šprysl, Michal, Hrdlicová, Anna, Geldermann, Hermann
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3369214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22510482
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1297-9686-44-13

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