Genome-wide association study identifies Loci for body composition and structural soundness traits in pigs.

BACKGROUND: The recent completion of the swine genome sequencing project and development of a high density porcine SNP array has made genome-wide association (GWA) studies feasible in pigs. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Using Illumina's PorcineSNP60 BeadChip, we performed a pilot GWA study in...

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Main Authors: Bin Fan, Suneel K Onteru, Zhi-Qiang Du, Dorian J Garrick, Kenneth J Stalder, Max F Rothschild
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3044704?pdf=render