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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2004
Applicants:
En-chung Lin, Miaoli Hsien, TW;
Ming-yu Chen, Miaoli Hsien, TW;
San-yuan Huang, Miaoli Hsien, TW;
Hui-liang Tsou, Miaoli Hsien, TW;
Wen-chuan Lee, Miaoli Hsien, TW;
Inventors:
En-Chung Lin, Miaoli Hsien, TW;
Ming-Yu Chen, Miaoli Hsien, TW;
San-Yuan Huang, Miaoli Hsien, TW;
Hui-Liang Tsou, Miaoli Hsien, TW;
Wen-Chuan Lee, Miaoli Hsien, TW;
Assignee:
Animal Technology Institute of Taiwan, Miaoli Hsien, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of screening pigs to identify those which have a genetic predisposition to have a thinner or thicker backfat thickness by assaying the pattern of the five single nucleotide polymorphisms in the HSP70.2 gene that is associated with backfat thickness.