Taking Advantage of Phenotype Variability in a Local Animal Genetic Resource: Identification of Genomic Regions Associated with the Hairless Phenotype in Casertana Pigs

    April 2018 in “ Animal Genetics ”
    Giuseppina Schiavo, Francesca Bertolini, Valerio Joe Utzeri … Luca Fontanesi
    Studysummary This study identified two significant genomic regions potentially involved in hair development and growth in Casertana pigs, highlighting FOXN3 and ARHGEF10 as candidate genes associated with a hairless phenotype.
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