GENE MARKER ASSOCIATED WITH SWINE PROLIFERACY

• Main Authors: JOHNS, MITRICK, A, DIDION, BRADLEY, A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 24.10.1996
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES; ENZYMOLOGY; MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

A random amplification method for determining swine genetic markers associated with small and large litter sizes is provided. One such marker is an approximately 270 base-pair amplification product that tends to be less prevalent in full-sibling F2 progeny of a Chinese x American cross that have the...