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Genome-wide association and identification of candidate genes for age at puberty in swine

BACKGROUND: Reproductive efficiency has a great impact on the economic success of pork production. Gilts comprise a significant portion of breeding females and gilts that reach puberty earlier tend to stay in the herd longer and be more productive. About 10 to 30 % of gilts never farrow a litter and...

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Autores principales: Nonneman, Dan J., Schneider, James F., Lents, Clay A., Wiedmann, Ralph T., Vallet, Jeffrey L., Rohrer, Gary A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4770536/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26923368
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12863-016-0352-y