[en] The invention relates to methods to select breeding animals or animals destined for slaughter for having desired genotypic or potential phenotypic properties, in particular related to muscle mass and/or fat deposition. The invention provides a method for selecting a pig for having desired genotypic or potential phenotypic properties comprising testing a sample from said pig for the presence of a quantitative trait locus (QTL) located at a Sus scrofa chromosome 2 mapping at position 2p1.7.
Disciplines :
Genetics & genetic processes
Inventor :
Andersson, Leif; University of Uppsala -Sweden
Georges, Michel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de productions animales > GIGA-R : Génomique animale
Spincemaille, Geert
Nezer, Carine
Language :
English
Title (54) :
Selecting animals for parentally imprinted traits.
Publication date (43-45) :
14 August 2007
Filing date (22) :
16 December 1999
Patent/publication number (10-11) :
US 7,255,987
Patent status (13) :
B
Priority number (30) :
non com
International classification (IPC) (51) :
C12Q 1/68 (20060101
European classification (ECLA) (52) :
-
Applicant (71) :
Melica Sweden ULg - Université de Liège Seghersgentec N.V.
