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Genet. Sel. Evol.
Volume 34, Number 3, May-June 2002
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| Page(s) | 371 - 387 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/gse:2002013 | |
Genet. Sel. Evol. 34 (2002) 371-387
DOI: 10.1051/gse:2002013
Results of a whole genome scan targeting QTL for growth and carcass
traits in a Piétrain
Large White intercross
Carine Nezer, Laurence Moreau, Danny Wagenaar and Michel Georges Department of Genetics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège (B43), 20 Bd de Colonster, 4000 Liège, Belgium
(Received 13 November 2001; accepted 29 January 2002)
Abstract
We herein report the results of a whole genome scan performed in a
Piétrain
Large White intercross counting 525 offspring to map
QTL influencing economically important growth and carcass traits. We
report experiment-wide significant lod scores (
>4.6) for meatiness
and fat deposition on chromosome SSC2, and for average daily gain and
carcass length on chromosome SSC7. Additional suggestive lod scores
(
>3.3) for fat deposition are reported on chromosomes SSC1, SSC7
and SSC13. A significant dominance deviation was found for the QTL on
SSC1, while the hypothesis of an additive QTL could not be rejected
for the QTL on SSC7 and SSC13. No evidence for imprinted QTL could be
found for QTL other than the one previously reported on SSC2.
Key words: QTL mapping / pig / growth traits / carcass traits
Correspondence and reprints: Michel Georges
e-mail: michel.georges@ulg.ac.be
© INRA, EDP Sciences 2002