| Literature DB >> 26202474 |
A Arakawa1, N Okumura2, M Taniguchi1, T Hayashi3, K Hirose4, K Fukawa4, T Ito4, T Matsumoto5, H Uenishi1,6, S Mikawa1.
Abstract
Because of increasing litter size in Western pig breeds, additional teats are desirable to increase the capacity for nursing offspring. We applied genome-wide SNP markers to detect QTL regions that affect teat number in a Duroc population. We phenotyped 1024 animals for total teat number. A total of 36 588 SNPs on autosomes were used in the analysis. The estimated heritability for teat number was 0.34 ± 0.05 on the basis of a genomic relationship matrix constructed from all SNP markers. Using a BayesC method, we identified a total of 18 QTL regions that affected teat number in Duroc pigs; 9 of the 18 regions were newly detected.Entities:
Keywords: Bayesian method; genome-wide association study; swine
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26202474 DOI: 10.1111/age.12331
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Anim Genet ISSN: 0268-9146 Impact factor: 3.169