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(Apr 24, 2025)

QTL 18042 Description:

 Trait Information
Trait name: Offspring number Vertebrate Trait Ontology: Offspring quantity
Trait details: total number of piglets born Product Trait Ontology: n/a
Symbol: TNB Clinical Measurement Ontology: Number of offspring
 QTL Map Information
Chromosome:13
QTL Peak Location:83.0 (cM)
QTL Span:89.05-89.30 (cM)
167.0-167.5 (Mbp)
Upper, "Suggestive":n/a
Upper, "Significant":n/a
Peak:
Lower, "Significant":n/a
Lower, "Suggestive":n/a
Marker type:-
Analysis type:Association
Model tested:Mendelian
Test base:-
Threshold significance level:Significant
P_values0.037
Dominance effect:n/a
Additive effect:0.57
Associated Gene:MUC4 (mucin 4, cell surface associated)
Cis/Trans acting type:
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 Extended information:
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  •  QTL Experiment in Brief
    Animals:Animals were from a cross between Iberian and Meishan pigs.
     Breeds associated:
    Design:Animals were genotyped for two SNPs in MUC4 and analyzed for litter size traits.
    Analysis:A standard animal model was used.
    Software:CRIMAP, Qxpak
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     Reference
    Authors:Balcells I, Castello A, Mercade A, Noguera JL, Fernandez-Rodriguez A, Sanchez A, Tomas A
    Affiliation:Departament de Genetica Animal, Centre de Recerca en Agrigenomica (CRAG), Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
    Title:Analysis of porcine MUC4 gene as a candidate gene for prolificacy QTL on SSC13 in an Iberian x Meishan F2 population.
    Journal:BMC genetics, 2011, 12: 93
    Links:  PubMed  |  Abstract   |  List all data   |  Edit  

     Additional Information
    Comments:DQ124298:g.344A>G
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  • Cite this Data:

    Animal QTLdb: QTL18042 was published in 2011, and was curated into QTLdb on 2012-09-19. DBxREF link to this data: https://www.animalgenome.org/QTLdb/q?id=QTL_ID:18042

     

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