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Genome-wide association study for conformation traits in three Danish pig breeds

BACKGROUND: Selection for sound conformation has been widely used as a primary approach to reduce lameness and leg weakness in pigs. Identification of genomic regions that affect conformation traits would help to improve selection accuracy for these lowly to moderately heritable traits. Our objectiv...

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Autores principales: Le, Thu H., Christensen, Ole F., Nielsen, Bjarne, Sahana, Goutam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5259967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28118822
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-017-0289-2