TY - JOUR AU - Muñoz, María AU - Fernández, Ana Isabel AU - Óvilo, Cristina AU - Muñoz, Gloria AU - Rodriguez, Carmen AU - Fernández, Almudena AU - Alves, Estefânia AU - Silió, Luis PY - 2010 DA - 2010/06/25 TI - Non-additive effects of RBP4, ESR1 and IGF2 polymorphisms on litter size at different parities in a Chinese-European porcine line JO - Genetics Selection Evolution SP - 23 VL - 42 IS - 1 AB - The aim of this work was to study the effects on litter size of variants of the porcine genes RBP4, ESR1 and IGF2, currently used in genetic tests for different purposes. Moreover, we investigated a possible effect of the interaction between RBP4-Msp I and ESR1-Pvu II polymorphisms. The IGF2-intron3-G3072A polymorphism is actually used to select lean growth, but other possible effects of this polymorphism on reproductive traits need to be evaluated. SN - 1297-9686 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1297-9686-42-23 DO - 10.1186/1297-9686-42-23 ID - Muñoz2010 ER -