Glossary

allele:

autosomal: centiMorgan (cM): chromosomes: coinheritance: crossover: diploid: economic trait loci (ETL): electrophoresis: epistasis: genes: genome: genotype: genotyping: halothane gene test (Hal): haploid: heterosis: heterozygosity: linkage map: locus (loci): major histocompatibility complex (MHC): marker: marker-assisted selection (MAS): meiosis: microsatellite: nucleotide: phenotype: polymerase chain reaction (PCR): polymorphism: PSS (porcine stress syndrome): quantitative trait loci (QTL): recessive genes: reference families: resource family: restriction enzymes: restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP): SLA Types-major histocompatibility: translocations for boar: Type I marker: Type II marker: Variance:

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