Selecting animals for parentally imprinted traits

Details Selecting animals for parentally imprinted traits Selecting animals for parentally imprinted traits

C - Chemistry, Metallurgy

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Q

C12Q 1/68 (2006.01) A01K 67/02 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2355897

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.

L'invention concerne des procédés de sélection d'animaux reproducteurs ou destinés à l'abattoir sur la base des propriétés génotypiques désirées ou des propriétés phénotypiques potentielles qui sont notamment liées à la masse musculaire et/ou aux dépôts de lard. L'invention se rapporte à un procédé pour sélectionner un porc possédant des propriétés génotypiques désirées ou des propriétés phénotypiques potentielles, ledit procédé consistant à tester un échantillon provenant dudit porc pour vérifier la présence d'un locus quantitatif (QTL) présent dans la cartographie de chromosome 2 de Sus scrofa en position 2p1.7.

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