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JOURNAL OF ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS
Volume 123, Issue 6, Pages 384-388Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2006.00622.x
Keywords
boar; candidate gene approach; fertility; sperm quality
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beta-actin (ACTB) was examined as a direct functional candidate gene for the possible association with sperm concentration, motility (MOT), semen volume per ejaculate, plasma droplet rate, abnormal sperm rate (ASR) and the fertility traits, non-return rate and number of piglets born alive (NBA). Three polymorphisms in intron 3 (T > C) and one polymorphism in exon 4 (T > C) of porcine ACTB gene were identified by comparative sequencing of animals of the breeds Pietrain and Hampshire. Association analysis revealed that haplotypes affected the variation of the traits MOT, ASR and NBA. The beneficial haplotypes may provide considerable improvement of sperm quality and fertility in the tested commercial boar population.
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