Kerstin Lundström

TL;DR: It is shown that the dominant RN- mutation in purebred Hampshire pigs carries a nonconservative substitution (R200Q) in the PRKAG3 gene, which encodes a muscle-specific isoform of the regulatory gamma subunit of adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK).

TL;DR: The European wild boar was crossed with the domesticated Large White pig to genetically dissect phenotypic differences between these populations for growth and fat deposition, and the genetic mapping of a major locus for fat deposition in the pig could have implications for understanding human obesity.

TL;DR: A quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis of growth and fatness data from a three generation pig experiment is presented, finding evidence for a large QTL affecting back fat and another for abdominal fat segregating on chromosome 4.

TL;DR: A paternally expressed QTL affecting skeletal and cardiac muscle mass in pigs maps to the IGF2 locus in a manner similar to that seen in humans.

TL;DR: Most of the variation in lightness, redness, yellowness, chroma (saturation) and hue angle of pork of normal meat quality was explained by the pigment content, myoglobin forms and internal reflectance.