[The research advance of candidate genes affecting economic traits in pigs].
With the accomplishment of human genome project and the development of animal genome project, many major genes affecting animal economic traits were gradually detected, and they show great application prospect. Major genes affecting reproductive traits, meat quality traits,growing and developing traits of pig are summarized from their size, location and effect. In addition, the meaning of major gene in the improvement of animal breeding and genetics is also discussed.
Cao
Guo-Qing
GQ
College of Animal Science and Technology, Shanxi Agriculture University, Taigu 030801, China. anniecao@public.yz.sx.cn
Zhou
Zhong-Xiao
ZX
Yuan
Jian-Xia
JX
Zhu
Xiang-Fang
XF