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Genetic determinants of pig birth weight variability

BACKGROUND: Piglet birth weight variability, a trait also known as the within-litter homogeneity of birth weight, reflects the sow’s prolificacy, because it is positively genetically correlated with preweaning mortality but negatively correlated with the mean growth of piglets during sucking. In add...

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Autores principales: Wang, Xuemin, Liu, Xiaolei, Deng, Dadong, Yu, Mei, Li, Xiaoping
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/PMC4895286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26822294
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12863-015-0309-6