| Literature DB >> 16879362 |
K S Kim1, J J Lee, H Y Shin, B H Choi, C K Lee, J J Kim, B W Cho, T-H Kim.
Abstract
The aim of this study was to analyse the combined effect of melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) and high mobility group AT-hook 1 (HMGA1) polymorphisms on growth and fatness traits in Duroc pigs. No significant interaction was observed between MC4R and HMGA1 for back-fat traits. An additive mode of inheritance of both gene effects was found for average daily gain and lean meat content. Maximum mean differences from combined genotypic effects were over 2 mm for back fat, 70 g/day for average daily gain and 2% for lean meat content. Therefore, utilization of polymorphisms in both MC4R and HMGA1 for marker-assisted selection could result in an economic benefit to the pig industry.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 16879362 DOI： 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2006.01482.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Anim Genet ISSN： 0268-9146 Impact factor: 3.169