Allelic to genome wide perspectives of swine genetic variation to litter size and its component traits

• Published in: Molecular biology reports Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 3705 - 3721
• Main Authors: Vaishnav, Sakshi, Chauhan, Anuj, Ajay, Argana, Saini, Babu Lal, Kumar, Subodh, Kumar, Amit, Bhushan, Bharat, Gaur, Gyanendra Kumar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.04.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal Anatomy; Animal Biochemistry; Animals; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Environmental factors; Female; Genes; Genetic diversity; Genetic Variation; Genome-wide association studies; Genome-Wide Association Study; Genomes; Heritability; Histology; Life Sciences; Litter size; Litter Size - genetics; Morphology; Ovulation; Phenotype; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide - genetics; Pregnancy; Quantitative trait loci; Quantitative Trait Loci - genetics; Review; Single-nucleotide polymorphism; Swine - genetics; QTL analysis; Number born alive; Litter size; Total number born; Candidate gene approach; Genome wide association study

Litter size is a complex and sex limited trait that depends on various biological, managemental and environmental factors. Owing to its low heritability it is inefficaciously selected by traditional methods. However, due to higher heritability of ovulation rate and embryo survival, selection based o...