Daehong Kwon, Nayoung Park, Suyeon Wy, Daehwan Lee, Woncheoul Park, Han-Ha Chai, In-Cheol Cho, Jongin Lee, Kisang Kwon, Heesun Kim, Youngbeen Moon, Juyeon Kim, Jaebum Kim
BACKGROUND: Many studies have been performed to identify various genomic loci and genes associated with the meat quality in pigs. However, the full genetic architecture of the trait still remains unclear in part because of the lack of accurate identification of related structural variations (SVs) which resulted from the shortage of target breeds, the limitations of sequencing data, and the incompleteness of genome assemblies. The recent generation of a new pig breed with superior meat quality, called Nanchukmacdon, and its chromosome-level genome assembly (the NCMD assembly) has provided new opportunities...
March 21, 2024: BMC Genomics