A genome wide association study for backfat thickness in Italian Large White pigs highlights new regions affecting fat deposition including neuronal genes

BACKGROUND: Carcass fatness is an important trait in most pig breeding programs. Following market requests, breeding plans for fresh pork consumption are usually designed to reduce carcass fat content and increase lean meat deposition. However, the Italian pig industry is mainly devoted to the produ...

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Autores principales: Fontanesi, Luca, Schiavo, Giuseppina, Galimberti, Giuliano, Calò, Daniela Giovanna, Scotti, Emilio, Martelli, Pier Luigi, Buttazzoni, Luca, Casadio, Rita, Russo, Vincenzo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3499287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23153328
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-13-583

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3499287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23153328
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-13-583

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