Characterization of swine stress gene by DNA testing using plucked hair as a source of DNA
The swine stress gene (hal) in recessive homozygotes (nn) leads to porcine stress syndrome (PSS), and is associated with pale, soft, exudative pork (PSE). In heterozygosis (Nn) it is linked to poor carcass quality. A total of 179 pigs (86 Large White, 69 Landrace, 12 Duroc and 12 Pietrain) were char...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
2000-12-01
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| Series: | Genetics and Molecular Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572000000400018 |