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Associations between PRLR/AluI gene polymorphism with reproductive, growth, and meat traits in pigs

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The aim of this study was to determine the associations between genotypes of the prolactin receptor gene (PRLR) and reproductive, growth, and meat traits in pigs. Genetic groups of sows were used: Large White (LW), Danish Landrace (LD), and Landrace × Yorkshire × Duroc hybrids (L × Y × D). Reproductive traits studied were the total number of born (TNB) and the number born alive (NBA). The growth traits were the number of days to 100 kg and the average daily gains (ADG). The meat traits were the average backfat thickness (BFT), half carcass weight (HCW), area of M. longissimus dorsi (MLT), and lean meat content (LM). The polymorphism was detected using the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment-length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) method. It was found that the genotype BB is associated with the best NBA. In sows LD, the AB genotype is associated with best number of days to 100 kg; in hybrids L × Y × D, the AA genotype is associated with better meat traits as compared to the genotype BB.

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  1. Don State Agrarian University, pos. Persianovskii, Rostov oblast, 346493, Russia

    N. V. Mihailov, L. V. Getmantseva & S. U. Bakoev

  2. Southern Federal University, ul. Bol’shaya Sadovaya 105/42, Rostov-on-Don, 344006, Russia

    A. V. Usatov

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Original Russian Text © N.V. Mihailov, A.V. Usatov, L.V. Getmantseva, S.U. Bakoev, 2014, published in Tsitologiya i Genetika, 2014, Vol. 48, No. 5, pp. 60–64.

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Mihailov, N.V., Usatov, A.V., Getmantseva, L.V. et al. Associations between PRLR/AluI gene polymorphism with reproductive, growth, and meat traits in pigs. Cytol. Genet. 48, 323–326 (2014). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0095452714050053

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