Objective
The ultimate aim of this project was to map and identify genes controlling traits of economic and welfare significance in the pig. This aim encompassed two major goals -
- to map loci affecting traits of economic and biological significance in the pig
- to develop the molecular tools to allow the future identification and cloning of mapped loci
- regions of the genome influencing economically important traits, including fatness and growth rate have been identified
- the RN gene which affects meat quality has been mapped to chromosome 15
- the resolution and genome coverage of the PiGMaP linkage maps have been improved
- a five-fold genome coverage large fragment genomic library has been established in Yeast Artificial Chromosome (YAC) vectors
- large fragment genomic libraries have been established in alternative bacteriophage P1 and bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) vectors
- DNA sequence signatures (or expressed sequence tags, ESTs) have been established for >2,000 genes
- over 200 genes or ESTs have been added to the pig genome map
- minisatellite loci have been shown to predominantly telomeric in the pig
- genetic diversity in 12 (common and rare) pig breeds has been examined in a pilot study
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EH25 9PS Roslin, Midlothian
United Kingdom
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Participants (15)
44035 Nantes
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92265 Fontenay-aux-roses
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8830 Tjele
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1870 Frederiksberg C
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78352 Jouy-en-josas
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6709 PG Wageningen
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Oslo
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3508 TD Utrecht
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Cambridge
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751 24 Uppsala
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LE1 7RH Leicester
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9820 Merelbeke
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42100 Reggio Emilia
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70599 Stuttgart
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89069 Ulm
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