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A meta analysis of genome-wide association studies for limb bone lengths in four pig populations

BACKGROUND: Limb bone length is an economically important trait in pigs, because it is negatively correlated with backfat thickness, and is also a determinant to the yield of hip and loin. Moreover, abnormal growth of the limb bone leads to leg structural weakness. Until now, the genetic architectur...

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Autores principales: Guo, Yuanmei, Hou, Lijuan, Zhang, Xufei, Huang, Min, Mao, Huirong, Chen, Hao, Ma, Junwu, Chen, Congying, Ai, Huashui, Ren, Jun, Huang, Lusheng
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/PMC4518597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26219668
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12863-015-0257-1