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SUBMITTER: An SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6852858 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
An Sang Mi SM Kwon Seulgi S Hwang Jung Hye JH Yu Go Eun GE Kang Deok Gyeong DG Park Da Hye DH Kim Tae Wan TW Park Hwa Chun HC Ha Jeongim J Kim Chul Wook CW
Archives animal breeding 20190225 1
In pigs, litter size is typically defined as the total number of piglets born (TNB) or the number of piglets born alive (NBA). Increasing pig litter size is of great economic interest as a means to increase productivity. The capacity of the uterus is a critical component of litter size and may play a central role in prolificacy. In this study, we investigated litter-size-related epigenetic markers in uterine tissue from Berkshire pigs with smaller litter size groups (SLGs) and larger litter size ...[more]