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High-resolution association mapping of number of teats in pigs reveals regions controlling vertebral development

BACKGROUND: Selection pressure on the number of teats has been applied to be able to provide enough teats for the increase in litter size in pigs. Although many QTL were reported, they cover large chromosomal regions and the functional mutations and their underlying biological mechanisms have not ye...

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Autores principales: Duijvesteijn, Naomi, Veltmaat, Jacqueline M, Knol, Egbert F, Harlizius, Barbara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4092218/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24981054
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-542