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The effect of a polymorphism in the MC4R gene within a Meishan synthetic line of pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

M. Wilson ,
O.I. Southwood  and
G.S. Plastow
M. Wilson
Affiliation:
Sygen International plc, 2 Kingston Business Park, Kingston Bagpuize, Oxfordshire OX13 5FE, UK
O.I. Southwood
Affiliation:
Sygen International plc, 2 Kingston Business Park, Kingston Bagpuize, Oxfordshire OX13 5FE, UK
G.S. Plastow
Affiliation:
Sygen International plc, 2 Kingston Business Park, Kingston Bagpuize, Oxfordshire OX13 5FE, UK
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The effect of a DNA polymorphism in the MC4R gene on fatness, growth and feed intake traits of pigs was first reported by Kim et al in 2000 (1). That study of 1720 animals showed significant effects in several selected breeding populations for days to 110kgs (p<.001), 10th rib backfat (p<.001), test daily gain (p<.001) and feed intake (p<.01). However, in the same paper the effect within a small sample (124) from a Meishan synthetic line was not significant and the (small) effect of backfat was in the opposite direction to that reported for other lines. Subsequently, Andersson and colleagues (2) reported a failure to detect an effect in a small QTL population derived from crossing Large White pigs with wild boar. Several explanations have been proposed (1,2) including an epistatic effect. Here we report the results of an experiment to test whether the results from the Meishan population was due to sampling. The results indicated an effect of MC4R within the Meishan line for fatness, growth and feed intake traits in the same direction as previously reported for other lines.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2004 , 2004 , pp. 227
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2004

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