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A high-density linkage map of the RN region in pigs

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The porcine RN locus affects muscle glycogen content and meat quality. We previously mapped the RN locus to chromosome 15. This study describes the identification of polymorphisms for four class I and four class II markers located in the RN region. Resource families were genotyped with F-SSCP markers (fluorescent single strand conformation polymorphism) and microsatellite markers. Subsequent multipoint linkage analysis revealed the order FN1-IGFBP5-S1000-S1001-IL8RB-VIL1-RN-Sw936-Sw906. The gene order is identical to the previously reported porcine RH map of the same region. The described map will facilitate positional cloning of the RN gene.

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Looft, C., Milan, D., Jeon, JT. et al. A high-density linkage map of the RN region in pigs. Genet Sel Evol 32, 321 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1186/1297-9686-32-3-321

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