Pig Study Links Feeding Behavior Genetics to Efficiency and Human Fat Intake
A comprehensive genomic study in commercial pigs maps hundreds of genetic markers governing feeding behavior, demonstrating causal links to feed ...
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Assortative mating boosts pig breeding gains with inbreeding control
A simulation study finds that assortative mating improves the commercial genetic merit of boars in swine breeding programs when combined ...
Blood Metabolomics Adds Only Modest Gains to Pig Feed Efficiency Predictions
A study in Duroc pigs shows that integrating blood metabolomic profiles into genomic models yields only small, statistically insignificant improvements ...
Genetic Analysis Reveals Boar Influence on Swine Litter Size and Semen Quality
A large-scale genomic study in three terminal pig lines demonstrates that service sires exert small but statistically significant additive genetic ...
Rotational Gene Pyramiding Accelerates Multi-Trait Breeding in Simulated Livestock Populations
A rotational mating scheme called mRMC accelerates the pyramiding and fixation of multiple gene-edited alleles in simulated animal populations while ...
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