The X-chromosome, highly conserved within mammals, has been shown to contain major
\nquantitative trait loci (QTL) for growth and fat deposition in the pig. We have discovered a
\nBamHI polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR\u2013RFLP)
\nmarker that was assigned to the porcine X-chromosome by two-point and multi-point
\nlinkage analysis following genotyping of a three-generation Berkshire by Yorkshire reference
\nfamily. The marker was positioned 9 cM telomeric to SW2126 and 15.6 cM centromeric
\nto SW1943. Sequence flanking the marker was found to have high similarity to
\nexisting database porcine DNA repeat elements. Association analyses of the BamHI marker
\nfor growth and meat quality traits in the reference family revealed significant association
\nwith marbling (P < 0.03), 10th rib back fat (P < 0.09) and total lipid percentage\n(P < 0.05), as well as with loin eye area (P < 0.04), average glycolytic potential (P < 0.03)\nand average lactate content (P < 0.04). Further studies are required to determine the\nX-chromosome functional gene affecting fat deposition and growth in the pig.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The X-chromosome, highly conserved within mammals, has been shown to contain major quantitative trait loci (QTL) for growth and fat deposition in the pig. We have discovered a BamHI polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR\u2013RFLP) marker that was assigned to the porcine X-chromosome by two-point and multi-point linkage analysis following genotyping of a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[930],"tags":[8882,13816,4632,27136,19422,25121,3965,231,6321,4633,3734,2851,4634,20007,158,10858,94,3465,14,4635,19940,95,20912,20911,18011,4636,4176],"class_list":["post-3996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-production","tag-al","tag-ass","tag-association-analysis","tag-back-fat","tag-berkshire","tag-chain","tag-content","tag-cover","tag-database","tag-deoxyribonucleic-acid-repeat-element","tag-dna","tag-fat","tag-fat-deposition","tag-gh","tag-growth","tag-mark","tag-meat","tag-pea","tag-pig","tag-polymerase-chain-reaction-restriction-fragment-length-polymorphism","tag-porc","tag-quality","tag-some","tag-t","tag-tot","tag-x-chromosome","tag-yorkshire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}