Despite intensive research, a large variation in meat quality is still observed in most meat
producing species. It is widely accepted that myofibre type composition is an important …

In this article we review the value and utility of the minipig as an animal model in regulatory
toxicity testing. Our review is based on detailed consideration of the comparative biology of …

Four major sarcomeric myosin heavy chains (MyHC)(ie, I, IIa, IIx, and IIb) are expressed in
pig skeletal muscle during postnatal development. The objective of the current study was to …

During the past few decades, advances in molecular genetics have led to the identification
of multiple genes or genetic markers associated with genes that affect traits of interest in …

Pork quality is an economically important trait and one of the main selection criteria for
breeding in the swine industry. In this genome-wide association study (GWAS), 455 pigs …

The objective of this study was to compare purebred Duroc and Pietrain prenatal muscle
tissue transcriptome expression levels at different stages of prenatal development to gain …

Using the INRA–Minnesota porcine radiation hybrid panel, we have constructed a human–
pig comparative map composed of 2274 loci, including 206 ESTs and 2068 BAC-end …

In order to explain the mechanism of high meat quality in Laiwu pigs and investigate the
relation between myosin heavy chains (MyHC) composition and meat quality, meat quality …

The past decade has yielded new tools for pig geneticists and breeders thanks to the
considerable developments resulting from efforts to map the pig genome. The pig genetic …

Development of a dense map of the horse genome is key to efforts aimed at identifying
genes controlling health, reproduction, and performance. We herein report a high-resolution …