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Genome-wide association study using deregressed breeding values for cryptorchidism and scrotal/inguinal hernia in two pig lines

BACKGROUND: Cryptorchidism and scrotal/inguinal hernia are the most frequent congenital defects in pigs. Identification of genomic regions that control these congenital defects is of great interest to breeding programs, both from an animal welfare point of view as well as for economic reasons. The a...

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Autores principales: Sevillano, Claudia A, Lopes, Marcos S, Harlizius, Barbara, Hanenberg, Egiel HAT, Knol, Egbert F, Bastiaansen, John WM
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4367917/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25886970
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-015-0096-6