Eric Fritz

TL;DR: The assembly and analysis of the genome sequence of a female domestic Duroc pig and a comparison with the genomes of wild and domestic pigs from Europe and Asia reveal a deep phylogenetic split between European and Asian wild boars ∼1 million years ago.

TL;DR: The Animal Quantitative Trait Loci database (AnimalQTLdb) is designed to house all publicly available QTL data on livestock animal species from which researchers can easily locate and compare QTL within species.

TL;DR: This extensive annotation dramatically extends the genome-based knowledge of the molecular genetics and structure of a major portion of the porcine immunome and provides important tools for global analyses and data-mining of the Porcine immune response.

TL;DR: The results indicate that while each cytokine individually has minor effects on the length of virus replication, the combination of cytokine activities should be considered when understanding the role of immunity in persistence.

TL;DR: The PHGC project will enable researchers to discover and verify important genotypes and phenotypes that predict resistance/susceptibility to PRRSV infection, and the availability of PHGC samples provides a unique opportunity to continue to develop deeper phenotypes on everyPRRSV infected pig.