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Linoleic acid metabolic pathway allows for an efficient increase of intramuscular fat content in pigs

BACKGROUND: Intramuscular fat (IMF) content is a relevant trait for high-quality meat products such as dry-cured ham, but increasing IMF has the undesirable correlated effect of decreasing lean growth. Thus, there is a need to find selection criteria for IMF independent from lean growth. In pigs, th...

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Autores principales: Gol, Sofia, González-Prendes, Rayner, Bosch, Lluís, Tor, Marc, Reixach, Josep, Pena, Ramona N., Estany, Joan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6503358/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31080594
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40104-019-0343-8