Epistatic QTL pairs associated with meat quality and carcass composition traits in a porcine Duroc × Pietrain population

• Main Authors: Große-Brinkhaus,C., Jónás,E.A., Buschbell,H., Phatsara,C., Tesfaye,D., Jüngst,H.G., Looft,C., Schellander,K., Tholen,E.
• Format: Article
• Published: BioMed Central 2015
• Subjects: Medicine (all); Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Genetics; Animal Science and Zoology
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84858132519&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/38026
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Background: Quantitative trait loci (QTL) analyses in pig have revealed numerous individual QTL affecting growth, carcass composition, reproduction and meat quality, indicating a complex genetic architecture. In general, statistical QTL models consider only additive and dominance effects and identif...