Validating genome association studies for meat quality and carcass traits in pigs through gene networks and meta-analysis

Fifthly, gene-set analysis results are often prone to sources of bias including a) unequal gene set size, a) LD patterns and c) overlapping genes [ 6 , 30 , 40 ]. ALIGATOR [ 41 ])

Association of MC4R gene variants with growth, fatness, carcass composition and meat and fat quality traits in heavy pigs. Melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) genotypes

gene using polymerase chain reaction-single strand confor- mation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) and DNA sequencing, and to further investigate the relationship between these SNPs and

ABSTRACT - The objective of the present study was to estimate the allelic and genotypic frequencies of the polymorphisms E2FB (AY138588.1: c.305C> T), located in the leptin

Two markers of this gene have been associated with variation in milk and meat fat content: lysine to alanine substitution at position 232 (K232A) and a variable number of

Abstract – The objective of this work was to estimate genetic parameters for bird carcass and meat quality traits, as well as to explore the genetic patterns of the breeding values

Impact of dietary energy level and ractopamine on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of finishing pigs. Available from:

A total of 16 carcass and meat quality traits were measured for the GWAS studies: carcass weight (including feet and head, CW), eviscerated weight (EW), breast weight (BrW),