Intramuscular fat (IMF) is an important quantitative trait of meat, which affects the associated
sensory properties and nutritional value of pork. To gain a better understanding of the …

Increasing feed efficiency is a major goal of breeders as it can reduce production cost and
energy consumption. However, the genetic architecture of feeding behavior and feed …

Despite the significant improvement of feed efficiency (FE) in pigs over the past decades,
feed costs remain a major challenge for producers profitability. Improving FE is a top priority …

The objective of this study was to identify the SNPs and candidate genes related to body
weight and seven body conformation traits at the age of 8 months in the Russian aboriginal …

Improvement of the growth rate is a challenge in the pig industry, the Average Daily Gain
(ADG) and Days (AGE) to 100 kg are directly related to growth performance. We performed …

Background Imputation from genotyping array to whole-genome sequence variants using
resequencing of representative reference populations enhances our ability to map genetic …

Improving feed efficiency (FE) is a major goal of pig breeding, reducing production costs and
providing sustainability to the pig industry. Reliable predictors for FE could assist pig …

Muscle growth and fat deposition are the two important biological processes in the
development of pigs which are closely related to the pig production performance. Long …

Simple Summary Tenderloin and rib weight are important components of the economic
value of pig carcasses, and selling them separately after fine segmentation further enhances …

Feed efficiency (FE) is an important trait in the porcine industry. Therefore, understanding
the molecular mechanisms of FE is vital for the improvement of this trait. In this study, 6 …