Crucial prerequisites for the development of safe preclinical protocols in biomedical
research are suitable animal models that would allow for human‐related validation of …

Over the past 15 years advances in the porcine genetic linkage map and discovery of useful
candidate genes have led to valuable gene and trait information being discovered. Early use …

Meta-analysis of information from quantitative trait loci (QTL) map** experiments was
used to derive distributions of the effects of genes affecting quantitative traits. The two …

Background Pigs were domesticated independently in Eastern and Western Eurasia early
during the agricultural revolution, and have since been transported and traded across the …

Of the numerous animal models available for proteomic studies only a small number have
been successfully used in understanding human biology. To date, rodents have been widely …

Recent studies in humans and other model organisms have demonstrated that structural
variants (SVs) comprise a substantial proportion of variation among individuals of each …

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 …

Background In polytocous livestock species, litter size and offspring weight act
antagonistically; in modern pig breeds, selection for increased litter size has resulted in …

Genetic selection is a major force sha** life on earth. In classical genetic theory, response
to selection is the product of the strength of selection and the additive genetic variance in a …

The objective of this study was to analyse the relationship between direct and maternal
genetic effects on litter size and piglet survival. The analyses were performed on records …