For 10,000 years pigs and humans have shared a close and complex relationship. From domestication to modern breeding practices, humans have shaped the genomes of domestic pigs. Here we present the… (More)
1Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3150, USA ZLaboratorie de Genetique Cellulaire, INRA, BP 27 31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France 3LMRA, INRA, 78352, Jouy en Josas,… (More)
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Identification of individual major genes affecting quantitative traits in livestock species has been limited to date. By using a candidate gene approach and a divergent breed cross involving the… (More)
Chinese Meishan pigs develop rapidly with onset of puberty at less than 100 days of age, and have a smaller placental size and larger litter size as compared with British/Continental breeds. POU1F1… (More)
We investigated the effect of the estrogen receptor (ESR) gene on growth and reproductive traits in four Large White-based commercial pig lines. A total of 9,015 litter records from 4,262 sows… (More)
A linkage map of the porcine genome has been developed by segregation analysis of 239 genetic markers. Eighty-one of these markers correspond to known genes. Linkage groups have been assigned to all… (More)
A large body of research, primarily in the rodent and human species, has elucidated many of the details regarding the control of GH synthesis and release. Cell type-specific transcriptional control… (More)
This work describes the first genome-wide analysis of the transcriptional landscape of the pig. A new porcine Affymetrix expression array was designed in order to provide comprehensive coverage of… (More)
The spatially restricted expression of mammalian homeobox genes in teh embryonic central nervous system (CNS) provides an opportunity to study the basis of spatial gene regulation in mammalian… (More)
A molecular understanding of porcine reproduction is of biological interest and economic importance. Our Midwest Consortium has produced cDNA libraries containing the majority of genes expressed in… (More)