Performance of transgenic pigs produced with the use of two different growth hormone gene constructs

• Authors: M. Rozycki , Z. Smorag , J. Kopchick , W.Y. Chen , J. Jura , J. Pasieka , B. Orzechowska , B. Gajda , M. Skrzyszowska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Four transgenic pigs, produced with the use of two different gene constructs containing the bovine growth hormone coding gene - Mt-bGH-10D6 (wild type) and Mt-bGH-M8 (mutated), were used to produce the F1 generation to investigate their performance traits. No differences were observed in fattening and slaughter traits between transgenic and non-transgenic pigs. It was found that the weight of ham proper and loin eye area was significantly higher in carriers of Mt-bGH-10D6 gene constructs.

Keywords

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GROWTH HORMONE; PERFORMANCE TRAIT; TRANSGENIC PIG

Discipline

• GENETICS: GENETICS

• Publisher: Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Journal of Applied Genetics
• Year: 1999
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 29-37

Contributors

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M. Rozycki

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Z. Smorag

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J. Kopchick

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W.Y. Chen

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J. Jura

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J. Pasieka

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B. Orzechowska

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B. Gajda

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M. Skrzyszowska

• Document Type: article
• Publication order reference: M. Rozycki, Department of Pig Breeding, National Research Institute of Animal Production, 32-083 Balice, Poland