Fatness traits are important in pig production since they influence meat quality and fattening
efficiency. On the other hand, excessive fat accumulation in humans has become a serious …

The aim of this work was to analyse the distribution of causal and candidate mutations
associated to relevant productive traits in twenty local European pig breeds. Also, the …

The aim of this work is to better understand the genetic mechanisms determining two
complex traits affecting porcine meat quality: intramuscular fat (IMF) content and its fatty acid …

Insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) plays an important role in the development of the foetus
and in post-natal growth and development. A SNP within intron 3 of porcine IGF2 disrupts a …

Background The proportion of muscle fibre types and their size affect muscularity as well as
functional properties of the musculature and meat quality. We aimed to identify QTL for …

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of mutations in 2 genes [IGF2 and
cathepsin D (CTSD)] that map on the telomeric end of the p arm of SSC2. In this region, an …

A Duroc–Pietrain resource population was built to detect quantitative trait loci (QTL) that
affect growth, carcass composition, and pork quality. The data were analyzed by applying …

Single‐nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the regulatory regions of the genome can have
a profound impact on phenotype. The G3072A polymorphism in intron 3 of insulin‐like …

IGF2: g. 3072G> A polymorphism has been described as the causal mutation of a maternally
imprinted QTL for muscle growth and fat deposition in pigs. The objective of the current work …

The different fat infiltration capabilities of two alleles of IGF2 (G3072A) have been
investigated in pigs of a Landrace–Large White× Duroc cross. Paternally inherited G allele …