A genome-wide association study for loin depth and muscle pH in pigs from intensely selected purebred lines

Table 1 Number of individuals for each trait and line analysed

Trait	Line	Heritability	dEBV reliability	Number of individuals
Loin depth^a	A	0.25	0.32	64,004
Loin depth^a	B	0.21	0.28	55,831
Loin depth^a	C	0.23	0.38	26,389
Loin depth^a	D	0.36	0.45	85,833
Loin depth^b	C	0.09	0.26	17,801
Loin depth^b	D	0.25	0.25	63,916
Ham pH^b,c	C	0.04	0.38	552
Ham pH^b,c	D	0.07	0.45	1819
Loin pH^b,d	C	0.02	0.33	817
Loin pH^b,d	D	0.06	0.45	2002

^aThese phenotypes were measured on purebred progeny
^bThese phenotypes were measured on crossbred progeny sired by lines C and D. GWAS was performed on purebred sires
^cpH of semimembranosus muscle measured 22 h post-slaughter
^dpH of longissimus muscle measured 22 h post-slaughter

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