Simple Summary Castration of male piglets has traditionally been carried out to control boar
taint, but animal welfare concerns about surgical castration has brought this practice under …

Boar taint is an unpleasant odor in male pig meat, mainly caused by androstenone, skatole,
and indole, which are deposited in the fat tissue. Piglet castration is the most common …

Background Genetic analysis of gene expression level is a promising approach for
characterizing candidate genes that are involved in complex economic traits such as meat …

Meat quality is an important trait for pig-breeding programs aiming to meet consumers'
demands. Geneticists must improve meat quality based on their understanding of the …

Understanding the genetic factors behind meat quality traits is of great significance to animal
breeding and production. We previously conducted a genome-wide association study …

Body traits are important economic factors in the pig industry. Genome‐wide association
studies (GWASs) have been widely applied using high‐density genotype data to detect QTL …

Growth and carcass traits are of economic importance in the pig production, which affect
pork quality and profitability of finishing pig production. This study used whole-genome and …

As the swine industry continues to explore pork quality traits alongside growth, feed
efficiency and carcass leanness traits, it becomes imperative to understand their underlying …

Surgical castration can effectively avoid boar taint and improve pork quality by removing the
synthesis of androstenone in the testis, thereby reducing its deposition in adipose tissue …

The nuclear receptors PXR, CAR, and FXR are activated by various ligands and function as
transcription factors to control the expression of genes that regulate the synthesis and …