The use of a wild pig x domestic pig intercross to map phenotypic trait loci. Conference Paper

abstract

• Intercrosses between divergent lines of domestic animals adapted to different environmental conditions and/or production systems provide unique opportunities for mapping phenotypic trait loci. The strategy resembles the use of interspecific crosses developed for general linkage mapping. We have made an intercross between the wild pig and domestic pigs of the Large White breed. A comprehensive linkage map comprising more than 230 genetic markers has been established. The successful use of this intercross for mapping loci for some monogenic traits (coat color and an intestinal receptor for E. coli K88 pili) as well as quantitative trait loci (QTLs) with major effects of growth and fatness is reviewed.

authors

• Andersson, Leif

published proceedings

• J Hered

author list (cited authors)

• Andersson, L.

citation count

• 4

complete list of authors

• Andersson, L

publication date

• September 1997

publisher

• Oxford University Press (OUP)  Publisher

published in

• JOURNAL OF HEREDITY  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Animals, Domestic
• Animals, Wild
• Body Weight
• Chromosome Mapping
• Crosses, Genetic
• Female
• Genetic Linkage
• Genetic Markers
• Growth
• Hair Color
• Hybridization, Genetic
• Male
• Pedigree
• Phenotype
• Swine

PubMed Central ID

• 9378913

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a023122

start page

• 380

end page

• 383

volume

• 88

issue

• 5

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a023122