supported by the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program, China (ASTIPIAS02);the National Key Technology R&D Program of China (2011BAD28B01);the Earmarked Fund for Modern Agro-Industry Technology Research System of China, and foundation from Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (2014ZL006)
Ear size exhibits remarkable diversity in pig breeds. LEM domain-containing 3 (LEMD3) on chromosome 5 is considered as an important candidate for porcine ear size. This is the first study on cloning and characteriza...
supported by the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program(ASTIP-IAS02);the National Key Technology R&D Program of China(No.2011BAD28B01);earmarked fund for Modern Agro-industry Technology Research System;Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Foundation(No.2014ZL006)
Background: In Sus scrofa, methionine sulfoxide reductase B3(MSRB3) is a crucial candidate gene for ear size, and an important conformational trait of pig breeds. However, challenges in MSRB3 c DNA amplification ha...
supported by the Earmarked Fund for the China Agriculture Research System(CARS-36);the National High-Tech R&D Program of China(863 Program, 2011AA100304);the National Key Technology R&D Program of China(2011BAD28B01);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31200925);the Guangdong Provincial Department of S&T,China(2011A020102003);the Pearl River S&T Nova Program of Guangzhou,China (201506010027)
The objectives of this study were to estimate the genetic parameters and the breeding progress in a Landrace herd in China, and to predict the potential benefits by applying new breeding technology. Hereby, the perfor...