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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) identify a QTL close to PRKAG3 affecting meat pH and colour in crossbred commercial pigs

BACKGROUND: Improving meat quality is a high priority for the pork industry to satisfy consumers’ preferences. GWAS have become a state-of-the-art approach to genetically improve economically important traits. However, GWAS focused on pork quality are still relatively rare. RESULTS: Six genomic regi...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Chunyan, Wang, Zhiquan, Bruce, Heather, Kemp, Robert Alan, Charagu, Patrick, Miar, Younes, Yang, Tianfu, Plastow, Graham
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/PMC4393631/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25887635
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12863-015-0192-1